Other Brigades at IU |
GLOBAL BRIGADES, INC. is the world’s largest student-led international health and sustainable development organization. As a secular, California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Global Brigades is made up of international non-profit affiliates that mobilize university students and young professionals to provide communities in developing countries with programs that improve quality of life while respecting local culture.
Global Brigades at Indiana University is an affiliate of Global Brigades, Inc. Microfinance Brigades at Indiana works within the greater organization of Global Brigades at IU. MICROFINANCE BRIGADES provides poverty-stricken communities in the developing world with the educational, financial, and organizational resources necessary to drive their own economic development. MFB volunteers help the under resourced in remote villages build their own business, ensure against emergencies, and fund community projects. By partnering with other international organizations in microfinance and agriculture, MFB provides the financial backing technical support to create and strengthen independent community banks. As mechanisms for social and economic change, these banks are then empowered to perpetuate other community projects facilitated by Global Brigades volunteers. This grass-roots approach advances communities away from dependence on outside aid and towards self-reliance. For more information about Global Brigades OR Global Microfinance Brigades please visit the national website at http://www.globalbrigades.org. Microfinance Brigades together with FUNDER are training aspiring community members from rural Honduras in the organizational, arithmetic, and administrative skills necessary to create and manage their own independent Community Microfinance Bank.
This is what they have to say after the 2nd of this 3-part, several-month training. |