MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Student Microfinance Movement Announces Month of Microfinance to Promote Discussion, Unite Interested Parties During April 2013

The Student Microfinance Movement, a US-based network of student organizations, has that announced its annual Month of Microfinance (MoMF) will be held during April 2013 with the aim of bringing students, instructors, microfinance practitioners and enthusiasts together to promote discussion about the sector. The three objectives of MoMF are to: (1) foster thoughtful conversations about client-centered microfinance; (2) facilitate connections between students and the microfinance community; and (3) bring together a diverse learning community focused on client-centered microfinance. The month-long event features a blog with “autobiographies of microfinance” where microfinance practitioners, students and enthusiasts can share personal experiences with microfinance. Blog authors include Hugh Sinclair, author of “Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic: How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor,” and Milford Bateman, author of “Why Doesn’t Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism.” The website also features several contests, including best microfinance video, an essay competition on microfinance and most money raised by students during the month. There will also be a variety of conferences and events held at schools throughout the United States.

According to Dr Shawn Humphrey, the founder of MoMF, the initiative is “geared towards helping students develop a more nuanced understanding of microfinance as we grope through this post-panacea phase that we currently find ourselves in.”

For more information or to become a partner you may visit http://monthofmicrofinance.org.

By Charlotte Newman, Research Associated

Sources and Additional Resources:

Information sent to MicroCapital from Month of Microfinance.

MicroCapital.org story, March 30, 2012, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: “April ‘Month of Microfinance’ Promoted by Student Microfinance Movement,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-april-month-of-microfinance-promoted-by-student-microfinance-movement/

MicroCapital.org story, August 22, 2012, “MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Microfinance Apexes; Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic; Selling Microinsurance,” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-publication-round-up-microfinance-apexes-confessions-of-a-microfinance-heretic-selling-microinsurance/

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