Micro-enterprise projects have been underway for nearly a decade in Brazil. In many cases, SHARE's support is part grant and part loan with the repayment of the loans going into locally administered Revolving Funds to establish micro-credit programs. Success to date has been outstanding with little loss or non repayment. In many cases, the benefiting groups augment the Funds with money raising events like festas, dinners, raffles and other innovative methods. In a country where credit is only available at high interest rates to large farmers, these Revolving Funds are an essential step to sustainability.