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The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) is a private organization established on July 30, 2004. It is composed of young and dynamic social entrepreneurs. SEDPI works in the areas of microfinance, social entrepreneurship and financial education. It has reached approximately 3,000 development organizations that have a combined outreach of approximately 6 million households in 22 countries worldwide. SEDPI is a finalist of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vision<\/td>Sustainable social enterprise for the economic empowerment of the poor<\/td><\/tr>
SEDPI Mission<\/td>To be the leading capacity-building institution in providing innovative and excellence-driven capacity building services in microfinance, financial literacy and social entrepreneurship<\/td><\/tr>
Core Values<\/td>Social Entrepreneurship Shared Leadership and Teamwork Commitment to Innovation and Excellence Honesty and Transparency<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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July 30: SEDPI is established as a private organization providing capacity building services and social investments to microfinance and microenterprise stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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