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2. Clarification
Please remember that teams can apply to both the E-Challenge and the Social E-Challenge. The E-Challenge 2009 group can be found here.
3. Microfinance Event
Below you can find information about an event hosted at Stanford by Engineers for a Sustainable World.
Hello all,
Next Tuesday, February 17, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) will be hosting a speaker from Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer micro-lending website. This event will be an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in microfinance, social entrepreneurship, or service work in the developing world to learn more about what has been one of the most successful (and well-known) ideas integrating those three fields. Please see the speaker bio and flyer below for more information, and we hope to see you all there!
Sincerely,
ESW
Speaker Information:
As Kiva Fellows Program Director, J.D. Bergeron leads Kiva's efforts to create meaningful and productive involvement for volunteers who will serve as the new generation of microfinance professionals. He brings over twelve years of broad organizational and program development experience. Prior to Kiva, he was Director of Resource Development at ACCION International, a microfinance industry innovator since 1961. Prior to ACCION, he served with the U.S. Peace Corps in the economically disadvantaged border region of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. He has served in senior roles in a number of young organizations, both in the corporate and not-for-profit sectors. JD holds a BA in Russian Language and Comparative Literature from Washington University in Saint Louis.