MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates

FEBRUARY 2008

Attention US grads:

MEDA US internships available!
MEDA has the opportunity of a lifetime for young US residents. For 2008-2009, MEDA has again committed funding for two internships for recent graduates from the US.

MEDA is now accepting applications for:

A micro-business development associate, who will work with the Gulf Coast Community Service Center in Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi. MEDA is helping to develop a micro-business development program using the ASSETS+ model, which provides training and technical assistance to entrepreneurs.

A human resource administrator, who will work with the human resource department of a Haitian credit union, Fonkoze Financial Services, in their head office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where MEDA is assisting in the design, implementation and training of a revised job evaluation system and performance management system.

Additional information about these internships is posted at www.meda.org. Send your resumes to jobs@meda.org

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... who has a strong interest in community-based economic development, is flexible and able to adapt to different environments and cultures? Please pass this information along!

"A MEDA internship is a great opportunity. I’ve acquired practical professional experience while making a positive impact on people’s lives."

—Scott Bennett, MEDA 2007-08 Internship: Microbusiness Development Associate, West Virginia

Scott Bennett

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This month in MEDAzine, we focus on MEDA IFD – investment fund development, a department mandated to establish private investment as an effective solution to global poverty.

MEDA's World, our monthly radio show, this month features Rachel Hess, director of community economic development, talking about how MEDA's community economic development programs address gaps in the system – because pockets of poverty do exist in North America. (Click here to listen - ~13Mb. If there are problems "right click" then "save as")

Gerhard Pries, MEDA

When Gerhard Pries reports that he "cut his teeth equally at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and at the feet of Mother Teresa," it begs the question: Huh? (Click here to learn more)

Serge LeVert-Chiasson

Serge LeVert-Chiasson was looking for work that would be his passion when he graduated from university. But he didn't find it at a major bank when they gave only a "shallow response" when asked about their approach to corporate social responsibility. (Click here to read more)

Candida Rosa Huerta is a 44-year-old single parent who is full of energy and never seems to stop working. (Click here for more)

Celebrate!

MiCrédito and its board had good reason to celebrate in January: The Ciudad Jardin branch recently opened in the heart of Managua. (Click here for the story)

Back in 1985, Al Doerksen of Winnipeg attended MEDA’s annual convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and heard a lively keynote speaker by the name of Millard Fuller. He was moved by Fuller’s exuberant vision to build houses for poor people through Habitat for Humanity. (Click here to learn more)

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