Transcript GEO Research- Fall Week themes for eradicating poverty and

GEO Research- Fall Week themes for
eradicating poverty and hunger
By the officers
Fall Week
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Goal #1 of UN Millennium Development Goals:
Eradicating poverty and hunger
5 methods
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Hunger relief- David
Agricultural training- Creb
Agricultural technology- Niti
Vocational training- Anu
Microfinancing- Josephine
Hunger Relief
 Activities
–Simulation of trying to eat with 1 dollar a day
–Hunger sites
–Write Letters about reforming Farm Bill (or meet with
congress person)
Free The Children
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Largest organization of children helping
children through education
Free the Children (cont.)
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International Volunteer Work in July
Partnership with Oprah, nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
Palo Alto Base
– Workshops, speaker
Free the Children (cont.)
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Choose country, facet to fundraise for
One facet is Alternative Income
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micro-credit, skills training to empower
women (support family and allow education
for children)
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Tailored to individuals, includes animals,
sewing equipment, vocational training.
Vocational Training
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Training that emphasizes skills and
knowledge required for a particular job
function (such as typing or data entry) or a
trade (such as carpentry or welding).
What Needs to Be Done?
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Well-organized, well-planned vocational training throughout
Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia (in
particular), designed to address the complex needs of the
labor market
 Focuses
– Women and girls’ training
– Job placement after training
– Hands-on experience in the workplace integrated
into the curriculum
– Address the constraints that prevent children from
accessing vocational training
 Gender-related barriers
 Child Labor
Organization Two –
Project Baobab
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http://www.projectbaobab.org
/index.html
Provides a “crash” course in
business management in
Kenya
– Located in primary
schools, high
schools, and prisons
Includes life skills on
important issues: AIDS,
gender empowerment
– Tailored to the
specific needs of the
student
Microfinance
 An
organization gives a loan to poor
entrepreneurs to allow them start a business.
Once they start earning money from their
businesses, they can pay back the loan and the
interest, and that money can be re-invested to
help other people.
 Hailed
as the “silver bullet” to end poverty
Possible Activities
– Ask Ms. Jackson to talk about the micro-finance
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activities she did and her experiences two years ago
Cambodia
Could provide with important resources
– Some simulation activity that would show how a little
investment can lead to a large return
Programs
 Covers
all the main
methods of relief from
hunger and poverty
 Range
of core programs
to alleviate poverty in
economic and social
development, health,
education, and human
rights and legal services.
KIVA
 Kiva's
mission is to connect people through
lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
 Based
in San Francisco
 Featured
on NPR
KIVA’s Method
 Lenders
can choose specific entrepreneurs to
lend money to
– Can read about the entrepreneur’s profile,
their occupation, their loan request, and
how they plan to use the money
 KIVA partners with large microfinance
organizations all over the world to reach
these people in need
Example
About the Entrepreneur
Name: Todjidin Mirzoev Business Name: Sales
Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan Primary Activity:
Clothing Sales Loan Requested: $600.00
Repayment Term: 6 months - repaid monthly
Loan Use: To increase inventory Date Posted:
Sep 21, 2008
About the Field Partner
Field Partner: MLF MicroInvest, a partner of ACDI/VOCA Field
Partner Risk Rating: (Learn more)
Fundraising Status: Active Time On Kiva: 18 months
Kiva Entrepreneurs: 1622
Total Loans: $1,207,600
Delinquency Rate: 0.00%
Default Rate: 0.00%
Lending Process
– We choose which entrepreneur to lend money to, and
KIVA distributes the loans to that entrepreneur. Over
time, the entrepreneur pays back the loan, and then
we get the money we lent back, so we can re-invest it
to help other entrepreneurs.
Possible Activity with KIVA
 GEO
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could set up a lending team
Harker students (outside of GEO) could invest in
KIVA on their own (and then have the option to get
their money back),
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We could see the total amount which has been
lent by Harker students and its impact