Is an independent, Palestinian not for profit corporation fully dedicated to providing micro-finance services. It emerged out of a micro-finance program; the Group Guaranteed Lending and Savings (GGLS) program, launched in Palestine by Save the Children (US) in January 1995. FATEN was registered under no. 563124478 of the Commerce and Shareholder Companies Registry in July 1998 and became fully responsible for the management of the whole program on the 1st of March 1999.