Boston College
Brigham Young University
Bucknell University
California State University, Chico
Cambridge University
Chapman University
Davidson College
Harvard University
James Madison University
MIT
Moorpark College
North Greenville University
NYU
Oberlin College
Point Loma Nazarene University
Tufts University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Chicago
University of Miami
University of Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Lending
Teams Update
Since
the Lending Teams launch at the end of August, over 1,200 teams have already
started, and over 140 teams are in the College/University category. Not all of them have official Campus Kiva
chapters at their schools, so we'll be trying to identify leaders to start clubs
at those campuses.
As of
end Sept 17, chapter teams currently have 158 members. It would be awesome to
crack 350 members by this time next month. To do that, each chapter needs to
double its membership or, for small teams, recruit five new members. We'll be
sending out a spreadsheet to chapter leaders with each chapter's
target.
*If you
are starting a lending team, please select 'College/University' for your
category (rather than alumni or club) - it is possible to change this after the
fact.
Campus
Kiva Website
As of
last week, Campus Kiva has its own domain name (www.campuskiva.org), that will be linked to its lending team on
the Kiva website. While the page is not yet functional, we hope to have it up
and running sometime in the next month. The goal of the site is to create a
central place for members to access documents such as the starter kit, other
promotional materials, and the educational resources we are now compiling.
Furthermore, we hope to create a space where chapters can connect with one
another, so we will be including a section where chapters can share their
thoughts, experiences and ideas with others. The site will also have links to
each of our chapter's lending team's page and to the Campus Kiva page on the
main Kiva site (www.kiva.org/about/campuskiva, which
will be up shortly).
If you
have any ideas or suggestions for what else should be contained on the site,
please let me know!
Our
Partners and Opportunities
This
month, we have quite a few opportunities for further involvement with Campus
Kiva and our partners. Campus Kiva is looking for some good people to fill a few
open positions. We also want to tell you a little more about the Kiva Fellows
program and share two opportunities with our partner
organizations.
Campus Kiva Openings:
Since
Campus Kiva is growing so quickly, our team is in need of a few more people!
Right now, we are looking to fill three positions:
West
Coast Regional Director:
This person will be in charge of maintaining contact with all of our West Coast
chapters. This position consists of checking in with chapter leaders
periodically and making sure each of them knows about the latest Campus Kiva
programs.
Web
Development Director:
With the addition of the Campus Kiva website, we are looking for someone who can
help build and maintain the site. This person must have an adequate knowledge of
web design.
Director of Campus Outreach:
There are lending teams at over 110 schools, yet only 25 of them have Campus
Kiva chapters on campus. We are looking for someone who can help identify
leaders at the schools that currently do not have clubs. This person will need
to continually check the "colleges/universities" lending teams category and
contact those who have started lending teams.
*All of
the above positions are unpaid, but by joining our team, you will be part of an
exciting new organization with a growing worldwide presence. If you are
interested in applying, please send me a resume with a paragraph expressing your
interest (Morgan@...).
Kiva Fellows Program:
Some of you may be
familiar with the Kiva Fellows program, but for those of you who aren't we
wanted to talk a little about this amazing opportunity. The Kiva Fellows
Program offers individuals a rare opportunity to travel abroad and witness
firsthand the impact and realities of microfinance, by working directly with a
host microfinance institution (MFI). Some of our chapter leaders are currently
Kiva Fellows; Sanjaya Punyasena is one of them:
Sanjaya is a Kiva Fellow working in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the
microfinance institution Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK). He received
his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago where he concentrated in
International Studies and Political Science. He has lived in the United States,
Sri Lanka, and France and has been to a variety of other countries as well.
Sanjaya's international volunteer experience includes helping rebuild a tsunami
devastated village outside of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. After originally planning to
stay in Cambodia until mid-September, Sanjaya has decided to stay in Cambodia at
least until January. Upon his return to the states, whenever that will be,
Sanjaya is planning on applying to business schools.
As a Kiva Fellow he has been working with AMK to streamline their
relationship with Kiva by developing computer programs to automate the tracking
and reporting of AMK's Kiva loans. In the near future, he plans on introducing
his programs to other microfinance institutions to help them automate the
process by which they track their Kiva loans.
Sanjaya first found out about Campus Kiva during his training as a
Kiva Fellow. He thought the idea was brilliant and wanted to do anything he
could to help the organization. Over the summer, he worked to establish a
chapter at the University of Chicago and was the impetus behind the Kiva
endowment at each school.
Over the next year, Campus Kiva will encourage its
members to apply for the Kiva Fellows program and will work with students who
are interested. If you would like more information,
visit www.kiva.org/fellows.
Opportunities from our
Partners:
Young People For (YP4): If you are a chapter
leader, or are currently on campus, you should consider applying for this
program. The YP4 fellowship is a leadership development program focusing on
identifying, engaging, and empowering young leaders. The one-year fellowship
equips college students with the skills and resources they need to create
lasting change on their campuses and in their communities. Throughout the
fellowship, you'll be offered financial support, technical support, and media
assistance while implementing a blueprint for social justice project; launching
a Campus Kiva chapter can be your project. For more information, please visit www.yp4.org, or email me.
MIT Ideas
Symposium: As one of the primary goals of our program is to encourage
education about microfinance, we will be participating in the MIT Ideas
Symposium this April. This activity will be done in conjunction with the
MircroLoan Foundation USA. Participants will research a current problem in
microfinance and work with a faculty advisor to write a paper on their chosen
topic. They will then have the opportunity to present their research at MIT in
April. As one of our activities later in the year, Campus Kiva will be
broadcasting via webcast, portions of this event to our chapters. If you would
like more information about the competition, visit: web.mit.edu/ideas/.
Members
Project Update
Kiva has
been selected into the Top 25 projects! A second round of voting is now underway
to select the Top 5. All projects that make it into the Top 5 will receive a
prize, with the top prize being $1.5m. $1 donated to Kiva's Operational Expenses
has led to $8 in loans. If Kiva wins
$1.5M, this could help facilitate $12M in loans! Since the average loan per person on Kiva is
$475, here is a chance to help 25,000 entrepreneurs improve their lives in just
a couple of clicks!
Here's
what you can do to help Kiva win:
1) Visit
http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/P6KQEI
2) Click
on "Vote for this Project"
3)
Either choose "Cardmember Sign-In" or "Become a Card Member"
4)
Spread the word! - Eg. change your email signature or your facebook status to
direct people to vote
Finally,
I wanted to let you know that we are working on a PowerPoint for our chapters,
which will be available in the coming week or so. Once it is ready, we will send
it out to each chapter leader. If you think of any other materials you may need,
please let us know!
Thanks
for your support!
Morgan
Lucas
