Harnessing Student Potential In Microfinance
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Tapio Riihimaeki
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- Saint Paul, MN
- United States
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- What is the name of your company, organization, or school?
- Macalester Development Group
- What is your job function?
- Co-Founder/Vice-Chair
- How did you find out about the Microfinance Network?
- Michael invited me
- What is your alma mater?
- Macalester College
- What is your website?
- http://www.macalester.edu/mdg
- Why are you here?
- I'd like to create networks with institutions and organizations that are interested in collaboration to increase the student involvement in microfinance and development work in general.
- What are you currently working on?
- Macalester Development Group is heading for its second semester! Projects going on: TECAfrica, our microfinance initiative, International Development Speaker Series etc. We are also looking to expand our network but so far we have partnered with WE International Philippines, the Student Microfinance Development Initiative, and the India Institute of Technology, Delhi. To learn more about MDG, visit www.macalester.edu/mdg
Please contact mdg@macalester.edu if you have any questions and/or if you would like to find a way to collaborate with us!
I am also currently looking for summer internship/project opportunities around microfinance and community reinvestment in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN.
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We are students from Wellesley and Wharton. With the support of:
• Prominent microfinance clubs (MFCs) such as UPenn MFC, Columbia University, Cornell University...
• Known partner MFIs: Grameen America, PlaNet Finance, Green Microfinance, and LendforPeace
• Youth social entrepreneurship sponsor: Ashoka Youth Venture is sponsoring the campaign
• Top tech team: Oracle is assisting us on the website/technology side
We are launching PoverUP!
PoverUP is a not-for-profit microfinance organization created by students for students to help alleviate poverty by providing loans to microfinance institutions (MFIs), MFI projects, and micro-entrepreneurs on our action platform.
Our mission is to educate students about global poverty and microfinance and ignite a student grassroots movement with PoverUP Your World – the First Global Student Microfinance Day - to fight poverty worldwide through microfinance.
We are planning the PoverUP Your World Campaign Premiere at select Universities November 17th 2010 before opening up the event to the broader student community April 13th 2011.
We are looking for students who are interested in joining our team or students who are involved in their school's Microfinance Club and would like to partner with us.
Please let me know if you and/or your school's MFC are interested. We look forward to discussing PoverUp with you and the members of your school's MFC.
Please let me know a couple dates and times when we can speak.
Best,
Cassie
cmcgurk@poverup.org