Banking on Social Change – Seeking Financial Solutions for All

Our judges selected these 13 finalists. Now it's your turn - vote for three by clicking on three of the boxes in the "Winner" column below and pressing the "Submit" button. You must cast exactly three votes or your votes will not be counted.

Enter by: Oct 1, 2008 | Voting begins: Nov 10, 2008 | Winners Announced: Dec 1, 2008

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Changemakers and Citi invite you to select the three best entries that allow financial security to become a reality for everyone. The three entries that receive the most votes will each earn a prize of US $5000.

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Finalist	Country of origin
"A holistic approach to micro-insurance - breaking the cycle of illnesses and debt" Healing Fields Foundation	India
TIO - Building a network of financial services for the unbanked consumer TIO Networks	Canada
EL ARCA Producers & Consummers: A sustainable system for economic integration El Arca Mendoza	Argentina
Value Chain Finance for smallholder farmers: pioneer mainstreaming and mainstream pioneering Triodos Investment Management	Netherlands
Banking: Do it yourself (Bankomunales) Fundefir (Fundación de Financiamiento Rural)	Venezuela
Community Financing Model for infrastructure and housing improvement services. Fundación Pro Vivienda Social	Argentina
The Registered Disability Savings Plan Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network	Canada
"Pragathi Bandhu" Small farmers come together to share and learn. Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project(R), SKDRDP	India
Refuge to Return: Building the Institutions for Development during Emergency Relief Liberty Finance	Liberia
Pioneering Rural Finance Root Capital Inc.	United States
"Sampoorna suraksha" Social security for all occasions. Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project(R) SKDRDP	India
Free Social Security to Disadvantaged and Rural populations. Organisation for Awareness of Integrated Social Security (OASiS)	India
A Virtual Trading Floor for linking poor farmers to markets KACE Kenya	Kenya

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