Current Campaigns

Trying to find ideas or projects for your microfinance club to get involved with?
You have come to the right place. The Campaigns page on MFI Connect has been created to give student clubs and organizations a number of ways to get involved with microfinance. We hope that this resources provides usueful ways of engaging your campus community.

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Hope Sings™ harnesses the power of song to improve the lives of the poor – especially women - in Latin America. All net revenues from the sale of our songs are donated to participating microfinance institutions: Kiva, FINCA, ACCION and MicroPlace.

Hope Sings™ songs are inspired by the true stories of people whose lives have been transformed in huge ways by the very small loans known as micro-loans. These songs, in turn, inspire more individuals to lend money, giving a hand-up – as opposed to a hand-out – to those less fortunate. To find out more or donate go to www.hopesings.net

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Two Dollar Challenge

Two-thirds of the world's population lives on less then two dollars a day. Experience how they are living and raise funds for microfinance by living on less then two dollars a day for a week.

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Gumball Challenge

Held at high school and university campuses nationwide, student teams receive a $27 loan from Gumball Capital and have a week to generate maximum revenue. At the week's end, money raised is collected and then loaned out by the Gumball Fund to promising entrepreneurs in third world countries. By participating in this entrepreneurial competition, students experience how their energy and creativity can lift like-minded people out of the chains of poverty.

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Turn Phones Into Loans

Help fund microfinance loans and build a cleaner environment through Recycle to Eradicate Poverrty! The 'Phones for Loans' program uses the profit from recycled cell phone part to fund the Chiapas Project and other microfinance efforts. Find out more at www.turnphonesintoloans.org!

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Discover Hope Supper Circles

Summer Supper Circles! Dine with a cause this summer by inviting your friends over for dinner, a wine tasting, or any gathering style you prefer. Set a price to attend and/or ask for contributions. . 501(c)(3)

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Hands Up For Poverty

HOPE's "Hands Up for Poverty" campaign asks you to support their clients simply by writing a word (or a few) on your hand that describes them or describes HOPE.
It's quick and painless; just take a picture, upload it to HOPE's Shutterfly page, explain why you selected the word you did, and $5 will go to provide microloans for the men and women overcoming poverty with HOPE's help. Find all the details on HOPE's homepage

.We could use a hand!

Three Simple Steps:
1. Take your photo
2. Register with Shutterfly
3. Upload your photo and description to the "HOPE Hands" photo album

$5 will then be donated to provide microloans to entrepreneurs around the world!

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Purex Changes Lives

Kiva and Purex have teamed up to bring you the Purex Changes Lives campaign. This campaign is aimed at getting YOU involved in microfinance by having you select which mom entreprenur Purex should recieve microfinance loans. Find out more on the Purex Change website.

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The ECONO T-Shirt Project

It only takes one person, one action, to change one life. Often people see poverty stricken nations as unable to do for themselves, Microfinance has proven the opposite. We are all people speaking different languages in different cultures but we are people. We have the same dreams but not the same opportunities.
Economicism is dedicated to providing those opportunities, they need a hand up not a hand out!

Help us spread the word buy selling 1000 t-shirts. Proceeds are loaned directly to individuals to help change their life and that of their family. With every T-shirt sold, $12.32 goes to small business loans and other projects that fight global poverty.

It only takes one, it only takes you. http://www.economicism.com

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