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Roxanna Chambers in Youth Workshop Instructors

The founder of Grameen Bank, Muhammed Yunus, was in Seattle not that long ago… pretty much the pioneer of the microlending movement. Hope you got to connect…

Brian Crouch in Jump$tart Micro-Enterprise Development Program

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Jump $tart Fund

c/o Refugee Resettlement Office
1610 South King Sttreet
Seattle, WA 98144
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Since 2003, JumpStart Fund has provided over $450,000 in micro-loans to Puget Sound area refugees and asylees. We’ve given loans and business technical assistance to more than 100 refugee entrepreneurs from Somalia, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Nepal.

Posted by Vivian Valencia on July 30th 2008

Jump$tart Micro-Enterprise Development Program

When?
ongoing
What?

The Jump$tart Fund is a micro-lending organization administered by the Refugee Resettlement Office of Seattle. Jump$tart provides small loans and business assistance to low-income immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs to help start and expand small businesses in the Seattle area.

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Where?
Seattle, WA