My goal with this Unit on Micro-financing and your initial study on the Woman’s Crusade and Africa’s Girl Power is to awaken you to plight of poverty in the developing world and the key to fixing it. The empowerment of women and the availablity of micro credit are two powerful weapons in that battle. While I do not expect for all of you to jump in and donate to Camfed or KIVA today, my hope is that you stash a seed inside your brain that grows with time. Maybe you’ll get involved and donate later as an adult. Or, you might someday down the road enlighten your own children to the challenges of third world development. Some of you will find access to organizations while you are away at college. And maybe, just maybe, this study will lead on a journey to a village somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa or Asia or Latin America, where people need first world support and appreciate what young Americans can bring to their table. Continue reading
