Mercy Corps Northwest

I mentioned that I am interested in Microfinance and I was just talking about Mercy Corps Northwest with one of my friends at Neighborhood Roasters. Mercy Corps Northwest is, "financing change through Microenterprise development and Self-employment." This is something that is happening right here in Portland, Oregon. I think this is wonderful, because we aren't going to be effective overseas if we ignore the issues in our own backyard. So many times it is easy for us in American to see the problems on a global scale, but this Mercy Corps program aims to address an issue that is close to home. I think that's great.