Shared Interest News http://sharedinterest.org/news Investing in South Africa's Future Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:25:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shared Interest 16Th Anniversary Awards Dinner on March 22, 2010 at Gotham Hall, New York City http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/127 OPIC Commits $3 Million to Shared Interest to Promote Lending to Microfinance Institutions, Cooperatives, and Small Businesses in South Africa Press contact: Donna Katzin, 646-442-0181, donna@sharedinterest.org New York, NY. January 27, 2010. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced that it is making a $3 million investment guaranty facility available to Shared Interest, a not-for-profit U.S.-based social investment fund, to promote lending to primarily black-owned small businesses and microenterprises in South ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/125 Save The Date: Shared Interest 16th Anniversary Awards Dinner, Monday, March 22, 2010 On March 22, 2010 Shared Interest will hold its 16th Anniversary Awards Dinner at Gotham Hall in New York City. For more information please call The JFM Group at 914-235-1490 extension 14 or email sharedinterest@thejfmgroup.com . To purchase tickets for the event please click here. Honorees Dr. Peter Magubane, Documentary Photographer The Nielsen Company, ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/122 Shared Interest In Focus: Banking on Recovery, Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Newsletter http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/121 Join Us on October 4 in Pittsburgh for conversation with Father Michael Lapsley Shared Interest is delighted to invite you to our upcoming reception hosted by Board Member, Rev. Harold Lewis, featuring Father Michael Lapsley, founder of the Institute for Healing of Memories.   This event will take place on Sunday, October 4 at Calvary Episcopal Church, in Pittsburgh.   The Institute for the Healing of Memories is a Cape Town ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/119 Shared Interest on Microplace  Press Release: For Nelson Mandela's 91st Birthday on July 18, 2009 Shared Interest announces new investments with Microplace to help South Africa's poorest help themselves New York, NY July 15, 2009. To join in the worldwide celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday on July 18, 2009, Shared Interest, the leading U.S. ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/117 Youth Day - South Africa, June 16, 2009    Shared Interest 2008 Annual Report This year, South Africa celebrates Youth Day, June 16, with new challenges, but also new optimism.  As I write, the global financial crisis is taking its toll on young people’s job opportunities – and also their dreams.  Families across the country struggle to feed, shelter and ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/114 Shared Interest InFocus Spring 2009 Newsletter Shared Interest Infocus Spring 2009 Newsletter http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/112 PRESS RELEASE: INTERNATIONAL ADVOCATE GRACA MACHEL TO BE HONORED FOR DEFENDING RIGHTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA’S CHILDREN AND WOMEN WHAT:  Shared Interest, a leading New York-based non-profit social investment fund, will honor Her Excellency Graça Machel, Founder and President of the Foundation for Community Development for Mozambique and Former First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa, at its 15th annual awards gala on March 30 in New York City.  H.E. Graça Machel ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/98 Monday, March 30, 2009 Shared Interest 15th Anniversary Awards Dinner Shared Interest is pleased to announce that H.E. Graça Machel, wife of Nelson Mandela and former First Lady of Mozambique, and Dr. Price Cobbs will be honored at the Awards Dinner for Shared Interest's 15th Anniversary Gala. Please click here to print a response form:   Awards Dinner Response Form  MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009, TAVERN ON THE GREEN, NEW YORK ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/94