Harnessing Student Potential In Microfinance

Living Under A Dollar-a-Day

With the support of Whole Planet Foundation, four US college students will be spending the summer of 2010 shooting a
documentary in Guatemala to demonstrate the reality of living on less
than one dollar a day. In order to gain this
understanding, they will be conducting research on how the rural poor
manage their money. In a creatively youthful way, they are doing
research by working alongside their neighbors, conducting interviews,
and creating financial diaries, all the while subsisting on less than
one dollar a day themselves. The goals of this film are twofold. First,
to increase awareness about how access to reliable financial services,
such as microfinance, can help the poor. Second, to raise $100,000
dollars for Fonkoze, the largest microfinance organization in Haiti,
whose borrowers were devastated by the recent earthquake. If you are
interested or would like to make a donation, please follow their story
and show your support at www.onedollaraday.weebly.com.

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