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Business Center for New Americans
Founded1997
FounderYanki Tshering
Type501(c)(3)
FocusSmall Business, Immigrants, Refugees, Women
Location
MethodMicrofinance
Websitewww.nybcna.org

Business Center for New Americansis a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in New York City that works ....

History

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Business Center for New Americans was founded in 1997 ....

Mission

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Business Center for New Americans mission is....[1]

Programs

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Business Center for New Americans provides funds and technical assistance... Business Center for New Americans....

  • Help them find financing, either through loan-guarantee programs (Growth Guarantees) or direct funding (Pioneer Fund)
  • Improve their IT systems, through Mifos, its open-source MIS software
  • Ensure that their staff are as productive as possible, through services and consulting provided by its Human Capital Center

Working with local allies, Business Center for New Americans also ....:

  • Their health, through such programs as the Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH) initiative in Ghana
  • Their crops, through such programs as the Community Knowledge Worker initiative in Uganda


Business Center for New Americans also works to help the poor receive training and benefit from small-business opportunities, further enabling them to improve their lives and break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families. [1]

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  1. ^ a b "Providing Access: Opening Doors for the World's Poorest, 2009-2010 Annual Report" (PDF). Grameen Foundation. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
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Category:Nonprofits based in New York Category:Microfinance organizations Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States Category:Organizations established in 1997