UVM Film Series and more

Some interesting events next week:

Thursday, Nov 10
UVM Film Series presents: "Blackboards"
6:00pm pre-film lecture
6:45pm Film
Billings Lecture Hall (formerly Campus Center Theater)
www.uvm.edu/laneseries
656-4455
This is a drama, not a documentary.

Sunday, November 13

7:00pm

Joel Salatin in Middlebury.

Where51 Main. (map)

Description:
Salatin, the farmer featured in "Omnivore's Dilemma" and "Food, Inc.," talks about his latest book, "Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World." Info: 388-2061.

He is the owner of Polyface Farm in Virginia. This event is free but someone is paying his $10,000 speaking fee...Middlebury College, perhaps?

http://www.polyfacefarms.com/

If you want to make a dinner date with this, check out Storm Cafe. Unfortunately, Flatbread is not open on Sunday evenings. 51 Main will not be open for regular service, but there will be complimentary light snacks and a cash bar.

Email from WMI.org

Hi Amy,

Thank you so much! Your package arrived with the donations from the women in your giving circle. You have created a wonderful initiative. We are very grateful that you chose WMI as one of your giving partners.

Thank you for putting the time and effort into researching our organization. Separate thank yous will go out from our board. But, I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate your support. Your group's contributions will help fund much needed loans for the rural women in east Africa that WMI serves.

Very best regards,

Robyn G. Nietert, President
Women's Microfinance Initiative
8609 Fenway Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
rgnietert@aol.com
301/520-0865
wmionline.org

Video from WMI

http://youtu.be/as8HI7-h_Cw

New video from WMI...

Amy

Email from WMI.org

Hi Amy,

WOW! Thank you so much. We love to have the support of women's groups, since we were started by a group of women to support other women on the other side of the globe.

If your members are interested, we would like to add their emails to our bi-monthly update list. You can send us the email addresses of those who are interested, or you can just send them the wmicontact@gmail.com address and they can email back requesting to be added to the list. People seem to like the bi-monthly updates and pictures from the villages.

We appreciate your efforts to research WMI and find out about our mission and work. The support of women like you and your friends has made our loan outreach program a reality for thousands of rural African women.

Thanks again.

Best regards,

Robyn G. Nietert, President
Women's Microfinance Initiative
8609 Fenway Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
rgnietert@aol.com
301/520-0865
wmionline.org

I was thinking last night that WMI is really a direct KIVA model. The money goes back and forth from lender to borrower directly!

Amy

Links for October Meeting

Links for October Meeting on Micro Financing:

This video will be shown before both Amy and my presentation since it gives a good background to Micro-financing in general

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/uganda601/video_index.html


Tammy
here are all the links are in order again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPk2gRuIdj0&feature=relmfu
http://vimeo.com/16991128
http://media.kiva.org/20081009_Kiva_Introduction.pdf
http://vimeo.com/28413747
http://vimeo.com/19812500

Amy’s
Women's Micro Finance Initiative: The region for the charity is Uganda and Kenya so that you can bring it up on the map.

http://www.wmionline.org/
http://youtu.be/9kA7bEgnYro
http://www.wmionline.org/WMI-Journey.pdf
http://www.wmionline.org/2010-WMI-Annual-Report.pdf

http://www.wmionline.org/finance/WMI_Overview.pdf
http://www.wmionline.org/aboutus/locations.html
http://www.wmionline.org/2010-WMI-Annual-Report.pdf

October Agenda

VERMONT WOMEN’S GIVING CIRCLE
AGENDA
October 5, 2011

Welcome and Introductions
(Unable to attend: Sally Wadhams, Lynda Siegel, Cathy Westphalen)

Follow up from last Meeting’s donation – Marianne

Micro Financing Presentation by Amy and Tammy

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Blog - any questions

Future business:
• July Jodi and Sally Maternal health
• August Tina and Debra Water
• September Betty and Marianne Education
October Tammy & Amy Micro Financing
November Wendy and Cathy Sex Trafficking
December
January Revisit previous foundations
February
March
April
May
June
Other Areas we might focus on in future meetings:
Shelter
Food
Famine relief
Legal Rights for Women
Gender based violence
Business and Skills training
Health Services
Vaccination programs

Current Events New York Times Science Times Tuesday, Sept 27, 2011
“Small Fixes” whole section devoted to “low-cost innovations that are making a big difference”

Suggestions for future meetings