Come celebrate the past year of DMLI, and meet the new leadership for next year at the DMLI’s Open House on Wednesday, April 15, at 7 pm at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. We will be celebrating the successes that the DMLI has had this year and presenting information on the Ugandan microfinance organization in which we’ve chosen to invest. We will also be joined by Professor Genna Miller, who will speak about the successes and challenges that microfinance has faced and will face in the future global economy.
Looking for a summer internship or service experience? Interested in microfinance or social enterprise? INTERNSHIPS UNPLUGGED is a program from the Duke Microfinance Leadership Initiative that gives students interested in working for microfinance organizations a chance to meet others who have experience in the field. Most sessions will be held as informal lunches and coffee chats.
Read below about different students’ experiences and register for a session!
InternshipsUnplugged@gmail.com – for any questions or comments
Lunch with SUNNY KANTHA - Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Sunny is a senior double majoring in Economics and Public Policy Studies. He traveled to Muhuru Bay, Kenya in the summer of 2007 to do a microfinance community needs assessment for the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER). To fully apply his research, he has taken a number of related courses in international development and econometrics.
Lunch with SCOTT PEPPEL - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Scott is a junior majoring in International Comparative Studies with a focus in Latin America. But in the summer of 2008, he ventured into Bangladesh on a DukeEngage project working for BRAC, one of the world’s largest NGOs focused on a holistic approach toward poverty alleviation. He attended BRAC’s microfinace, health, human rights and legal education programs and interviewed local individuals whose lives have been transformed by microfinace.
Lunch with RAFE MAZER - Thursday, April 2, 2009
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Rafe is a second-year Master’s Candidate in International Development Policy, with a particular interest in finding economic opportunities for rural communities through new mixed-sector development models, technology and other tools of modern business. His background includes alternative consumer markets like Fair Trade; fundraising for domestic and international development projects; and most recently coordinating market research on using microfinance to launch a new housing finance product for Habitat for Humanity in Ghana.
And more to come!
