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MICRO-FINANCING INITIATIVES WITH SEED EFFECT

On August 1, 2011 myself and a group of volunteers will leave for Sudan with Seed Effect Organization. Seed Effect is a non-profit, “Credit with Education” micro-finance initiative powered by e3 Partners Ministry. Their mission is to plant the seeds that overcome spiritual and physical poverty by providing access to micro-loans, education, and spiritual discipleship in marginalized communities around the world. Their mission is to plant the seeds to overcome physical and spiritual poverty.

They focus on various programs to combine each of the elements into effective empowerment tools. Their programs are focused in the following areas:

Microfinance
Education & Discipleship
Working with Churches
Vocational Schools

You can read the specifics of each of these programs on their ABOUT US PAGE

Do You Want to Get Involved?

GIVE For as little as $150, you can make a difference in a life. You can partner with Seed Effect finacially to empower the poor by donating online today.

GO Join on a SE Excursion for an opportunity to meet our borrowers and further invest in their empowerment and education. Here is information on their excursions by country.

SUDAN TIMELINE

1881 Revolt against the Turco-Egyptian administration.
1899-1955 Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule.
1956 Sudan becomes independent from Britain and Egypt.
1962 Civil war begins in the south, led by the Anya Nya movement.
1972 Under the Addis Ababa peace agreement between the government and the Anya Nya, the south becomes a self-governing region.
1978 Oil discovered in Bentiu in southern Sudan.
1983 Civil war breaks out again in the south involvinggovernment forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), led by John Garang. Later this year, President Numeiri declares Sharia Islamic law.
1993 Omar al Bashir is appointed president.
2000 Incumbent Bashir is re-elected for another ﬁve years.
2002 Sudanese Government and SPLA sign landmark ceaseﬁre agreement providing for six-month renewable ceaseﬁre in central Nuba Mountains – a key rebel stronghold.
2003 Rebels in western region of Darfur rise up against government, claiming the region is being neglected by Khartoum.
2005 January – Sudan government and SPLA sign a peace deal. The agreement includes a permanent ceaseﬁre and accords on wealth and power sharing.
2005 July – Former southern rebel leader John Garang is sworn in as ﬁrst vice president. A constitution, which gives a large degree of autonomy to the south, is signed. A month later, John Garang is killed in a plane crash. He is succeeded by Salva Kiir.
2005 September – Power-sharing government is formed in Khartoum and an autonomous gov’t is formed in the south, per the January 2005 peace deal.
2007 May – International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for a minister and a Janjaweed militia leader suspected of Darfur war crimes.
2007 October – SPLM temporarily suspends participation in national unity government, accusing Khartoum of failing to honor the 2005 peace deal. But, resumes participation in national unity government in December.
2008 March – Tensions rise over clashes between an Arab militia and SPLM in Abyei area on north-south divide.
2008 April – Counting begins in national census, which is seen as a vital step towards holding democratic elections after the landmark 2005 north- south peace deal. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes says 300,000 people may have died in the ﬁve-year Darfur conﬂict.
2008 May – Southern defense minister Dominic Dim Deng is killed in a plane crash in the south. Intense ﬁghting breaks out between northern and southern force in disputed oil-rich town of Abyei.
2008 October – Allegations that Ukrainian tanks hijacked off the coast of Somalia were bound for southern Sudan spark fears of an arms race between the North and former rebels in the South.
2008 November – President Bashir announces an immediate ceaseﬁre in Darfur, but the region’s two main rebel groups reject the move.
2009 March – The International Criminal Court in The Hagueissues an arrest warrant for President Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
2009 June – The leader of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, warns his forces are being re-organized to be ready for any return to war with the north
2009 July – North and south Sudan say they accept ruling by arbitration court in The Hague shrinking disputed Abyei region and placing the major Heglig oil ﬁeld in the north. Woman journalist tried and punished for breaching decency laws by wearing trousers. She campaigns to change the law.
2009 December – Leaders of North and South reach deal on terms of referendum on independence due in South by 2011.
2010 April – President Bashir gains new term in ﬁrst contested presidential polls since 1986.
2010 July – International Criminal Court issues second arrest warrant for President al-Bashir – this time on charges of genocide for the conﬂict in Darfur.
2011 January – People of the South vote in favor of fullindependence from the north.
2011 July 9th – Southern Sudan gains independence from the North