In 1990 RESULTS took the lead in creating the candlelight vigils that helped ensure the establishment of the World Summit for Children . To do this RESULTS mobilized $ 40,000 of seed money from Japan and the celebrity support from Carol Kane , Valerie Harper , and many others . RESULTS helped introduce microcredit to America . In 1987 Muhammad Yunus , who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance , was visiting the United States and speaking to a congressional committee . After the hearing RESULTS connected Yunus on conference calls with twenty-eight editorial writers resulting in editorials that helped ensure the passage of legislation that allocated $ 50 million for microcredit programs for the poor . One strategy RESULTS has pursued is to advocate for resources to address infectious diseases . On the tenth anniversary of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS , Tuberculosis and Malaria , the executive director of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund ( REF ) , Joanne Carter , called for a renewal of U.S. commitment to the Global Fund .
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