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Join Oikocredit USA at the Christ Congregational Church on Saturday, October 30th from 9 am to noon, for an educational workshop. This is a great opportunity to learn about how Oikocredit and its volunteers, through the use of microfinance, are helping communities throughout the world because we know that the world's poor don't lack ability -- they lack opportunity! Coffee and refreshments will be offered before the event followed by presentations on the Redemptive power of Microfinance by our Executive Director Terry Provance, Grameen Foundation's Program Officer Sharlene Brown, and EarthSpark International's President Allison Archambault . We look forward to seeing you!
Sharlene Brown
Social Performance Management, Grameen Foundation
Sharlene is responsible for creating and managing the deployment strategy for the Progress Out of Poverty IndexTM (PPI) in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regions. She also manages key relationships with international NGOs and social investors that are incorporating PPI data into their investment decision making process.
Prior to join Grameen Foundation, Sharlene spent most of her career in the socially responsible investment (SRI) marketplace initially working as a business development manager for Domini Social Investments, here she managed institutional relationships and sales in addition to serving on the Domini's Social Policy Review Committee. She then worked as a research associate for the Social Investment Forum producing the 2007 Trends Report on Social Investing in the United States.
Ms. Brown hold a BA and MBA; she is a graduate of Wellesly College.
Allison Archambault
President of EarthSpark International
Allison Archambault, President, is leading EarthSpark International’s operations to eradicate energy poverty in Haiti. She oversees all aspects of the organization's day-to-day operations and management. Focusing on stimulating supply chain development for efficient and alternative-fuel cook stoves, small scale photovoltaic systems, and charcoal-alternative technologies, Allison works with local community groups, manufacturers, and financiers to develop market strategies. She is currently overseeing the expansion of EarthSpark's first Clean Energy Store in Les Anglais, Haiti.
Other workshops will be held across the country on the following dates
October 2 San Francisco
October 9 Pittsburgh, PA
October 28 Seattle
November 6 Chicago
November 13 Boston
Times and Locations TBA
If you have any questions or comments or would like to know how you can get involved in this event please email our Program Manger, Michelle Volberg at: mvolberg@oikocredit.org
To read more information about Oikocredit USA please visit our website at http://oikocreditusa.org
When & Where
Christ Congregational Church
9525 Colesville Road Silver Spring,
MD 20901-4896
Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)
Oikocredit is one of the world’s largest sources of private funding to the microfinance sector. We provide credit to trade cooperatives, fair trade organizations and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world. We also lend working capital to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and co-ops in over 70 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. In turn, they dispense life-changing loans to the poor and disadvantaged, with a special emphasis on rural areas and women.
Oikocredit is a pioneer in microfinance - for 35 years we have built a social vision that connects lenders to borrowers to create lasting change.
