UIUC Business Brigade January 2014 Panama

Start Date: Jan 5, 2014 12:00 AM
End Date: Jan 11, 2014 12:00 AM

UIUC Microfinance Brigades is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization.

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients (in our case those in poverty), including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services. During the course of this trip we will empower communities and help low income villagers in Honduras with opportunities to obtain low interest loans to invest in their farms or alternative income generating opportunities. Additionally, we will facilitate real micro lending transactions through community banks and microfinance institutions.