MFI ReportMission:
The Microfinance department endeavours to improve the quality of life for small business owners, microentrepreneurs, and poor households through the provision of credit and other financial services, that sustain jobs, decrease unemployment, reduce poverty, economically empower women and youth, ... Read more
The Microfinance department endeavours to improve the quality of life for small business owners, microentrepreneurs, and poor households through the provision of credit and other financial services, that sustain jobs, decrease unemployment, reduce poverty, economically empower women and youth, and provide-income generating and asset building opportunities to Palestine refugees and other proximate poor and marginal groups. The department will also provide safe-saving services to poor clients to help them save for the future and provide a financial safety net o help them cope with personal and family emergencies and crises. The department strives to provide scalable interventions with measurable macroeconomic impact by concentrating its financial services in poorer urban areas where there is a high density of Palestine refugees. Hide
Background and Main Challenges:
The Microfinance department started operating in Syria during the year 2003. Currently it has three branch offices (Yarmouk, Al-Ameen, and Saida Zainab), and one field office, and offers three main loan products.
Address:
UNRWA, West Bank field office, Sheikh Jarrah
P.O.Box 19149, Jerusalem
Syria
Phone:
00972 2 5890221
Fax:
00972 2 5890230
Date established:
Jan 6 2003
Current Legal Status:
Other
Regulated:
no
At a glance
- Assets
- Gross Loan Portfolio
- Equity
Contacts
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Wissam SaidCFOw [dot] said [at] unrwa [dot] org00972 2 5890221
