{"id":27327,"date":"2019-09-25T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T08:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/bancamia-comprometida-los-refugiados-venezolanos\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:31:11","slug":"bancamia-comprometida-los-refugiados-venezolanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/bancamia-comprometida-los-refugiados-venezolanos\/","title":{"rendered":"Bancam\u00eda, committed to Venezuelan refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Colombian MFI<\/a> is the first local banking institution to ally with The Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent)<\/a>, a worldwide partnership that promotes action from the private sector to improve the living conditions of millions of people who have been forced to leave their countries of origin.<\/strong> Colombia\u2019s Ministry for Foreign Affairs puts the number of Venezuelans living in the country at over a million.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The announcement was made in New York, during the Latin American Business Summit on Refugees, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)<\/a> and Tent. Tent\u2019s Executive Director, Gideon Maltz, declared: \u201cWe are delighted that Bancam\u00eda is joining this partnership and making this important commitment.<\/strong> Refugees are the most entrepreneurial people in the world and access to loans will enable them to develop their small businesses and contribute significantly to the Colombian economy.\u201d The President of the Inter-American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, was present as well.<\/p>\n

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Hoy con Hamdi @hamdiulukaya<\/a> y @TentOrg<\/a> hablamos sobre el papel del sector privado para movilizar recursos y complementar medidas de apoyo a la crisis de migrantes y refugiados en nuestra regi\u00f3n. pic.twitter.com\/H1ev6oP5Yt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Luis Alberto Moreno (@MorenoBID) September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n