by Geoffrey | Apr 3, 2020 | Free Loan Association, Israel
PEF is pleased to announce its participation in the creation of the Ogen Social Loan Fund. This emergency fund for Israeli nonprofits was launched to assist organizations affected by the coronavirus crisis and was launched by PEF approved charity Ogen-FreeLoan Fund...
by Geoffrey | Aug 14, 2019 | Free Loan Association, Gamach, Israel, microfinance, microloans, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
Today, Bloomberg reported that Ogen, a non-profit bank (previously called Israel Free Loan), will offer affordable credit to poor clients in Israel. According to Matthew Kalman, reporting from Jerusalem: Ogen, a non-profit bank, will offer affordable credit to poor...
by Geoffrey | Oct 24, 2012 | Free Loan Association, Gamach, Israel, microfinance, microloans, Philanthropy
For a donor wishing to maximize the impact of a contribution, a donation to a Free Loan Association makes a lot of sense. Recently the free loaning concept has been re-branded as microfinance and won notoriety, not to mention; a Nobel Prize. In the Jewish tradition...