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Mar 23	Volunteer Activity: UCLA Business Brigades March 2014 Honduras

UCLA Business Brigades March 2014 Honduras

End Date: Mar 29, 2014 12:00 AM

Volunteer Activity Message

UCLA Business Brigade volunteers will spend 7 days in a rural community in Honduras 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

Darren W Dorrell donated $100

Mar 22, 2014 12:57 AM

CAROL L SHIELDS donated $50

Saying "Congratulations on volunteering for the Honduras effort!"

Mar 06, 2014 07:29 PM

Rosa I. Pellecer donated $50

Feb 11, 2014 12:43 PM

Ram Srinivasan donated $140

Saying "Best wishes from Ram and Sumathi"

Feb 10, 2014 04:45 PM

Yingnien Liu donated $100

Feb 10, 2014 04:35 PM

MIAO-HUEI CHUANG donated $20

Saying "Donation from Laurence Dang"

Feb 08, 2014 10:25 AM

Karen Yorke donated $50

Saying "Thomas, Good luck on your efforts in Honduras. I look forward to hearing about it. Karen Yorke (old friend of your mother's)"

Feb 05, 2014 11:15 AM

Helen Young donated $25

Feb 03, 2014 12:29 PM

Shu Nu Chuang donated $250

Feb 02, 2014 05:10 PM

Chiu Chuang donated $150

Feb 02, 2014 04:52 PM

Henry Sang donated $100

Feb 02, 2014 04:47 PM

Dennis Costa donated $100

Saying "Good luck, Thomas!"

Jan 30, 2014 02:58 PM

Anonymous donated $50

Saying "Have Fun Thomas!"

Jan 30, 2014 02:36 PM

MIAO-HUEI CHUANG donated $200

Saying "Donation from Thomas Barber's former tutor Ms. Laurence Dang and from Miao Chuang"

Jan 30, 2014 12:55 AM

Constance M Chin donated $100

Jan 29, 2014 04:57 PM

WILLIAM BRUNS donated $10

Jan 28, 2014 02:05 PM

Thomas H Barber donated $250

Jan 18, 2014 01:18 PM

$1,745.00

of $1,545.00

in donations needed to reach the Initiative Goal

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