Joon Joung

Passionate About:

SHARE THIS PAGE

1,387

Fundraised

1

Initiatives

All Initiatives

Filter By:

Campaign Activity All

Sort By:

Upcoming Completed All

Mar 24	Volunteer Activity: UCLA Business Brigade 2013

UCLA Business Brigade 2013

End Date: Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM

Volunteer Activity Message

UCLA volunteers will spend 7 days in a rural community in Panama to help provide solutions to the community’s economic needs. The target beneficiaries have been previously excluded from formal financial institutions & therefore lacked access to savings and credit opportunities. Beneficiaries tend to have a low level of income, lack of collateral, & low level of education. During the brigade, volunteers divide into small groups to conduct household visits in which they get to know the family, assess each household’s level of financial competency and entrepreneurial aspirations. After the assessments the volunteers provide educational and technical assistance in the form of workshops. Topics range from personal finance to basic accounting and business planning. Additionally, volunteers invest in the community savings and loan (S&L) cooperative by providing seed capital. In turn, the seed capital provides loans to a small business to either expand current operations or pursue a new entrepreneurial opportunity. Working side-by-side with community members affords volunteers the opportunity for cultural exchange, micro-finance, and consulting experience. The households benefit by learning personal financial and business skills and gain access to credit and savings opportunities. Community businesses benefit from the consulting and loans. The community benefits because the profits earned by the S&L stay in the community to be used by the community!

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Joon Joung donated $294

Mar 09, 2013 07:33 PM

Ray Huey donated $5

Mar 07, 2013 09:44 AM

Gregory Ahtye donated $25

Saying "GBFL!"

Mar 05, 2013 09:30 AM

Alex West West donated $10

Mar 03, 2013 09:41 PM

Chris Tran donated $25

Saying "Rolling in the sand"

Mar 02, 2013 05:32 PM

Jane Hong donated $5

Mar 01, 2013 10:29 PM

Varun Khurana donated $25

Saying "Saw the prof pic and just had to haha. Have a good trip man."

Mar 01, 2013 05:54 PM

Katharine Hsiao donated $20

Saying "Go Joon! God bless, Katharine (Alex Bau's mom)"

Mar 01, 2013 05:36 PM

Rosaline Chen donated $20

Saying "I hope you have fun! Good luck with the rest of your fundraising :)"

Mar 01, 2013 03:54 PM

Ji Hae Byun donated $20

Feb 27, 2013 12:05 PM

Anonymous donated $243

Feb 25, 2013 11:36 AM

Joon Joung donated $1

Feb 23, 2013 03:22 PM

Anonymous donated $289

Feb 23, 2013 03:20 PM

justin ching donated $20

Saying "Take care man!
-Justin"

Feb 18, 2013 02:11 PM

Ann Wong donated $15

Saying "HAVE FUN! I'm going during the summer :)"

Feb 13, 2013 12:11 AM

Amanda Lie donated $25

Feb 09, 2013 02:08 PM

Daniel Fermanian donated $10

Saying "Do work!"

Feb 07, 2013 07:18 PM

Gordon Xu donated $50

Jan 28, 2013 02:30 AM

Aditya Chellaram donated $10

Jan 27, 2013 08:28 PM

Stephen Chen donated $10

Jan 21, 2013 06:28 PM

Anonymous donated $30

Saying "Big's gift!"

Jan 21, 2013 06:16 PM

Julien Debonnet donated $15

Saying "Fagl"

Jan 21, 2013 06:12 PM

Alexander Ma donated $50

Saying "Late Christmas Present :) I'll be praying for you homie.
-Alex Ma"

Jan 21, 2013 06:06 PM

Kyle Linayao donated $10

Jan 14, 2013 05:10 PM

Hak Um donated $20

Jan 03, 2013 10:26 PM

Edward Yoo donated $20

Saying "Joon, best of luck to brother!"

Dec 23, 2012 09:25 PM

James Shin donated $20

Dec 22, 2012 04:32 PM

Joon Joung donated $100

Dec 03, 2012 07:52 PM

$1,387.00

of $1,387.00

in donations needed to reach the Initiative Goal

Complete

Thank you for your support!

of 15

volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal