Trockman Microfinance Initiative

12/08/2013

A must-read article. What a cool idea for a sustainable business. What do you think?

BONN, Germany – With the federal election season in full swing in Germany, social entrepreneur and Ashoka Fellow Gregor Hackmack is busy preparing his online portal, ParliamentWatch, to host a variety of special online forums with German media partners and to connect citizen’s questions to candidate...

09/09/2013

TMI call-out meeting tonight at 7pm in BU 406!

Our president made tons of food: rumakis, loaded potato bites, spinach artichoke dip, chocolate chip cookies, and Oreo truffles. Honestly, I would just come for the food.

See you all there!

08/29/2013

I am the founder and CEO of Heart Capital, which currently owns and manages a portfolio of social enterprises that address a wide range of social and environmental problems in South Africa.

07/18/2013

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07/18/2013

Happy 95th Birthday, Madiba!

Remember to devote 67 minutes to good works today in honor of Mandela Day, celebrating his 67 years fighting for human rights!

07/18/2013

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11/07/2012

Check out this IDS article on our 2 Dollar Challenge event last month!

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=89031

Students from the Trockman Microfinance Initiative planned to go Wednesday night having eaten only $2 worth of food, not showering and sleeping in public areas, being essentially homeless for 24 hours. This is the Two Dollar Challenge.

09/05/2012

Come to our Call-Out tomorrow, September 5th at 6pm in BU300 to learn more about the organization and to get involved. We are also now accepting applications! Apply at www.kelley.iu.edu/tmi.

The Grameen Foundation defines microfinance: Sometimes called “banking for the poor,” microfinance is an amazingly simple approach that has been proven to empower very poor people around the world to pull themselves out of poverty. Relying on their traditional skills and entrepreneurial instincts, ...

08/31/2012

TMI invited the social entrepreneurship author David Bornstein to visit Indiana University in April to speak about social entrepreneurship and the power of new ideas.