Developed by African-Brazilian residents of favelas in Salvador (in conjunction with partners from the UK and the USA), the Bahia Street Trust is a non-for-profit organisation aimed at breaking cycles of poverty, inequality and violence by providing high quality education for poor young women and girls in Brazil. Please click here for more information.

A Rio de Janeiro based not-for-profit organisation that effectively incubates ideas for local community development with a view for business models and solutions to be spread and replicated globally. The organisation also works closely with the WiserEarth networking forum on improving global access to civic solutions. Please click here for more information.

An non for profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives Brazil's street children. The foundation provides education, moral, social and humanitarian programmes with the aim of helping young Brazilian children to realise their hopes and dreams. You can donate as much or as little as you would like (with a regular payment option also available). Please click here for more information.

A particularly important organisation operating in a country witnessing unprecedented growth, the Terra Brasilis Institute's mission is to promote conservation through the means of providing technical and scientific advice with with ethics, social and environmental commitment as underlying principles. The organisation can be contacted directly by clicking here.

The organisation is based in Recife, Pernambuco and provides no interest loans directly to women heads of households with the aim of encouraging small scale business ventures. The management are in search of further funding to implement a professional banking system into their infrastructure as well as micro-loan donations. For more information please email us.

Translated to mean the 'Peoples Bank', Banco de Povo is a NGO based in Belo Horizonte that serves to to provide credit to Brazilian small business owners who have no access to a formal banking system. The organisation also systematically assists and monitors their clients to improve and develop their businesses. To donate and/or offer assistance, please email us.

Banco Sol are specialists in providing both commercial and rural commercial microcredit throughout Brazil. A highly innovative organisation (one of the first in Brazil to offer client access to credit cards with low payment terms). The organisation is looking to further its long term objectives with the assistance of institutional investors and associates. For more information please email us.

A conglomerate of microfinance organisations based in the south of the country (with its head office in Blumenau, Santa Catarina) that has a solid track record of assisting micro-entrepreneurs, particularly in the textiles industry (evidence of which will be supplied upon request). The organisation is looking to develop its financial and joint venture partnerships. For more information please email us.

With service posts in Recife, Juazeiro, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, Toritama, Caruaru, Vitória Santo Antão, Gravatá, Jaboatão, Paulista, Carpina, Limoeiro the organisation provides low interest loans for a variety of purposes via their. The organisation is looking to expand its scope throughout the north east of Brazil. For more information and to be connected with the relevant parties, please email us.

Directly tied to the Brazilian government and the Banco de Povo, the organisation serves to highlight and project the role of microfinance in the country whilst also operating as a think tank for the creation and survival of microfinance economic enterprises. Whilst not looking for direct investment, we wanted to highlight their work.

A São Paulo based organisation that provides microcredit to business owners and has previously assisted a wide variety of small businesses from seamstresses to small bazaars owners. CredBrasil are well known in Brazil as active supporters of the spirit of entrepreneurism and hold an important role in promoting microfinance in Brazil's largest state. For more information please email us.

Credisol is a private banking institution working with small Brazilian business owners who have difficulty in obtaining standard finance as well as providing complmentary training programmes. The organisation has funded thousands of small businesses in Pernambuco and Bahia but is now looking for investors and business associates to assist expansion throughout Brazil. For more information please email us.

With its base in Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Cresol provides rural microcredit programmes to over 52 areas of Brazil. The well established organisation are assisting small agricultural businesses overcome infrastructural difficulties and spread their presence within the country and beyond. Cresol are actively looking to extend the reach and scope of their work. For more information please email us.

Based in São Paulo, Finacred assist micro-entrepreneurs with the purchase of vehicles, machinery, equipment as well as providing funding for internal infrastructural improvements, stock expansion and working capital. The organisation are in search of investors and partners to widen their long-term objectives. For more information please email us.

Banco Santander arrived in Brazil in 1982, beginning their investment programmes in 1991. The group are currently in search of high net worth investors, venture capitalists and angel investing collectives to further expand their microfinance projects in several of the metopolitan regions of Brazil. For more information and to be connected with the relevant parties, please email us.

An organisation based in Patos (Paraíba) specialising in bespoke microcredit programmes in a simplified manner - particularly in trade, services and small-scale manufacturing. The organisation is currently previously received support from Yale University (USA) and is looking for further financial partners and business associates to assist with expansion plans. For more information please email us.

Based in in Porto Algre, Portosol works to assist individuals and small businesses who cannot access finance in the traditional manner via offering no and low interest loans. The organisation is looking for strategic investment partners to expand its various business models throughout the south of Brazil. For more information and to be connected with the organisation directly, please email us.

An organisation based in São Paulo that works with a variety of social and micro entrepreneurs throughout Brazil. RPW also enables micro business owners investment programmes with solid returns and is looking for partners and associates to develop the scope of their work. For more information and to be connected with the organisation directly, please email us.

São Paulo Confia works closely with entrepreneurs and small business who have no formal access to credit to further their businesses and are listed on the MIX-market as one of the leading microfinance organisations in Brazil. The organisation are looking for institutional investors, associates and partners to assist its expansion in an ever growing city. For more information, please email us us.

An organisation the serves the large majority of Rio de Janeiro state through the provision of low interest loans for businesses that are focused on social and environmental protection (including health, education and conservation). SocialCred are looking for investors and business associates to assist thei long term growth plans - please email us for more information.