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     COMMENTS: Peruvian Potters & Ghanaian Poultry

Microcredit programs for the Third World got a publicity boost for the second time in two weeks. Last month Daniel Sieberg plugged microplace.com by publicizing one-on-one loans to Peruvian potters on CBS. Now ABC anchor Charles Gibson champions Opportunity International, a poultry farm project in Ghana. The scheme uses a grade school text book called One Hen to encourage children to become microcredit fundraisers. Gibson made the book's author Katie Smith Milway his network's Person of the Week.

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