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Visit Beyond Doorways Travel, an online travel magazine, to read Fall 2008 feature stories about our work in East Africa:

• "In The Heart of Tanzania," by Melissa Cicci, editor
• "A Ugandan Widow's Story," by Roland Ayulmoto, VEF's Regional Training Director

"Village Enterprise Fund Helps Break the Cycle of Poverty in East Africa,"
Quantifiable results attest to effectiveness of seed capital, training, and mentoring program, VEF Press Release, March 18, 2008

"When a Luxury Vacation Cultivates Philanthropy"
VEF cited in an Exquisite Safaris news story by Jennifer Alsever, New York Times, December 9, 2007

Village Enterprise Fund & TED Global 2007 (1.1 MB)
"Africa: The Next Chapter"

"A Real Angel Investor"
Silicon's Valley's Village Enterprise Fund backs its startups $100 at a time. Which, in rural east Africa, leads to some pretty amazing returns.
by Bridget Finn, Business 2.0 Magazine, August 1, 2005

"Businesses sprout out of Africa"
Venture capital seeds startups, changes lives
by Pia Sarkar, San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2005

Microequity and Microfinance (.2 MB)
by Michael Pretes, Australian National University

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