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What You Can
Do
Email Us:
Get to know us. Email us with your questions, ideas or interest
Contact
Dr. Mugambi directly at: kk@villagehopecore.org
Donate:
$7500
funds a loan program for a group of 12 people. In addition to foundation
and institutional support, VHI seeks private group and individual contributions.
Donations
of any size fund loans for a group of twelve individuals, representing
12 family businesses, and provide 18 months of training, on-site monitoring,
and technical support.
Village HopeCore welcomes your tax deductible contribution by check, large or small:
Village
HopeCore International
P.O.
Box 1330
Healdsburg,
CA 95448
100%
of your contribution goes directly to the funding and training of loan
recipients. We do not use any portion of your donation
for operating expenses, unless you instruct us otherwise. If you choose
to designate a percentage of your donation for operating expenses, Village
HopeCore will gratefully allocate that amount, and the rest will fund
the loan program.
You'll receive biographies, photos and updates about the members of the group you help to fund.
Volunteer
Services:
Village HopeCore welcomes your offers to help. Write or email, telling us about your interests, skills and availability. Together, we'll come up with a way you can help the Village HopeCore family that will enrich and nourish you as well as those you are assisting.
Distribute
the Village HopeCore Documentary:
Request a copy of the documentary, Village HopeCore: Ending Poverty in Kenya with small loans, training and trust, and arrange a showing for friends, colleagues, school or church groups.
Request
a copy on DVD or VHS at info@villagehopecore.org
Invite
Dr. Rasori to Make A Presentation:
D.
Rasori or a member of the Board of Directors may be able to make a presentation
to your group. Please contact us at info@villagehopecore.org
to make arrangements.
Join
Dr. Mugambi and Dr. Rasori on a 10-Day Tax-Deductible Safari
and Service Adventure:
Contact Dr. Rasori:
Other
Ways to Help:
If you are a student:
Join
with other students to create fundraisers
Create a penpal link with students in Chogoria Educate your parents, teachers, and friends about microlending and Village HopeCore.If you are a Teacher or Administrator:
Contact
Sonoma
Academy to talk about ways our schools can work together.
Bring speakers from Village HopeCore and other microlending organizations to your school. Help students form groups to do fundraisers, become penpals, and pursue community education about microlending Sponsor a service-oriented trips to Chogoria, Kenya or to other developing nations Distribute
and show the student made documentary
to students and colleagues whenever possible.
Contact
John Durgin, Director of Connections at Sonoma Academy, with
your questions or interest: john.durgin@sonomaacademy.orgMicrolending is the most important recent advance in the eradication of poverty.