During the Month of Microfinance, students across the country will host and participate in educational events and raise funds and awareness for domestic and global microfinance. As you know, microfinance enables individuals to break the cycle of poverty by providing them the opportunity they need. Join the growing student microfinance movement.
WHEN: April 1 – April 30, 2012
WHERE: College, university and high school campuses across the country.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Prepare students to become the next generation of microfinance practitioners through valuable educational experiences and events.
2. Raise awareness and funds for both domestic and global microfinance.
3. Unite the student microfinance movement in a coordinated and shared event.
LEARN MORE: 2012 Month of Microfinance
TDC and MofMFI: During the Month of Microfinance students at participating college, university, and high school campuses can pledge to take the $2 a Day Challenge – TDC’s experiential learning exercise in which participants live on $2 a day for five days and four nights. Participants must buy all food, hygiene products, and any other “luxuries” they desire out of their $2 a day income. They also follow other rules designed to simulate the obstacles faced by those in poverty. This event will raise awareness of global poverty and microfinance, as well as funds for their microfinance institution of choice.
TDC will provide all of the materials campuses need to promote and create the $2 a Day Challenge on campus:
- $2 a Day Challenge Rules and Code of Conduct
- Tips for Recruiting Participants, Working with your University, Building Shelters, Getting the Word Out, and Raising Funds
- Sample Press Release, Promotional Flyer, Sponsorship Form, and Fundraising Letter
We provide these materials directly from our website. Students at some schools go all out, creating makeshift shelters on the quad to emulate the living conditions of people living in poverty and to call attention to the cause. Others provide lectures on global poverty and sustainable solutions—like microfinance. Some create all-campus fundraising events. Students who complete the week-long challenge experience a visceral understanding of poverty that goes beyond anything they can learn in a classroom. They will have the opportunity to share their experience with participants on other campuses through MFI Connect’s on-line blogging platform. Students can donate the money they have raised by living on $2 a day toward the loan of a global entrepreneur through their microfinance partner of choice.
