Profile
I am a sophomore at Emory University. My sophomore year of high school, I worked to fund a school in Andhra Pradesh, India. However, one of the large problems was that families in the area needed their children to work at home; in short, going to school was not an option for many students. Microfinance changed this when it came into the area. The number of students attending school jumped from 50 to 68 in a little under two semesters. I became interested in microfinance when I saw its impact on this community.
My interests and school activities include tennis and soccer. I also enjoy reading and watching Patriots games. In the future, I hope to study finance and sustainability and continue doing non-profit work.
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Light for Learning
$500 of $500 donated
Kampala, Uganda
Project Purpose : The main purpose of this project is to provide electric lights to Peace School - its 10 classrooms, office, and dormitories. Because Uganda’s feeble electric grid does not reach the school, this project is part of a larger commitment to generate onsite electricity and biogas from sun, wind, and waste materials. A hybrid renewable energy system will be installed with enough capacity to meet both the needs of the school and nearby neighbors, thus creating a potential revenue stream for this private school. An applied curriculum will be developed to introduce children to the fundamentals of power generation and maintenance of renewable energy systems. The students will share responsibilities for servicing and maintaining the energy systems. In turn, they can help their families and community members develop the capacity to operate onsite renewable energy systems as they become available. Providing modern energy generated via renewable resources...
Liz Morlas
$200 of $200 donated
Cordillera, Paraguay
My name is Liz Morlas. I am 15 years old and I live with my parents, 3 older sisters and my younger brother. I spend practically all of my day in high school so when I am not there I like to spend time with my family and friends outside of the Institute. What I like most about the Institute is the professors. They work as hard as they can to give us a good challenging education. We learn quickly and easily there because of our quality Instructors. I like coming to the Institute a lot because I know that every day I go there I am going to learn something new. Being in the Institute is one of the best things that have ever happened in my life because this provides opportunities of a lifetime for me and my family. I learn something every day that will help me succeed in life. When I am older I would like to be a psychologist to help support my family and my community and to complete my grand dream of being a successful professional. After some years I would like to build my own clinic....
Brenda Lacan
$195 of $300 donated
Solola, Guatemala
14-year old Brenda is from the small city of Santiago, Atitlan. Santiago the epicenter of the Tzutijil Mayan group and is also the largest indigenous-run city in Central America. Brenda’s first language was Tzutijil and she learned Spanish in school. Brenda’s mother Maria is illiterate and never attended school. She recalls how her parents would hide her under the bed during door-to-door school recruitment campaigns. Brenda’s maternal grandfather believed that an education would be wasted on his daughters and that they were better off working to support the family. Maria worked as a domestic servant from the age of 9 to help support her poor parents, and was severely mistreated on several occasions. Maria was a teenage bride and mother- yet she still vowed that her daughters would get an education to avoid a similar fate. Brenda is the youngest of 7 siblings. Her father, who studied until the 3rd grade, makes a meager living repairing school uniforms. Her mother does some embr...
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