We are an Irish based charity that is playing our part in helping to end extreme poverty through Microcredit.
What is Microcredit?
Microcredit is the extension of small loans and other financial services ,such as savings accounts to the very poor. This allows them to pursue entrepreneurial projects that generate extra income, helping them to better provide for themselves and their families
Our mission is to raise funds and awareness for Microcredit projects to help some of the world’s poorest people on their journey out of extreme poverty with dignity
Latest News:
- A Great Day had by all at Annual Seachange Christmas Lunch!
- Johnny finally beats path home after 64 racesIt’s been a long time coming but on Monday 31st of October 2011 former Saw Doctors drummer Johnny Donnelly will finally hang up his running shoes after completing his 64th marathon in 4 years. His remarkable feat has raised over €50,000 for Seachange foundation but the musician says that the Dublin marathon was the last of his running career.
- 24 week internship with Fonkoze Barrai is studying his final year in International Development and Food Policy at University College Cork and has recently returned from a 6 month visit working as an intern with Fonkoze who are our Microcredit partners in Haiti. He told us that
"the poverty is so extreme in Haiti that no statistic that you read on the UN or World Banks website manages to capture the severity of the whole thing"
In this article he describes what Fonkoze are doing to help the poor on their journey out of extreme poverty... - Mathare Musings - From the Female Perspective! I recently travelled to Nairobi with Dave Gribben and Barry Moylan two fellow directors of The Seachange Foundation an Irish Based Microcredit charity to witness first hand what our partners in Seachange - The Jamii Bora Foundation - are doing on the ground - I am home now safe and sound but wanted to share some of what I saw with you.
- Seachange making a big difference in Haiti Here is an update from Anne Hastings CEO of Fonkoze, the largest microfinance bank in Haiti on the success of a joint project with Seachange that has helped hundreds of Haitian families rebuild there shattered lives after the recent earthquake.