Our class is called Riders Taking Action and it is a service learning class that has been in existence for four years. In this class, students volunteer to donate 40 hours of their time serving our community. This class of 40 seniors also picks one project each semester to complete together. This semester our chosen project is microfinancing through a website called kiva.org. Microfinancing is the revolutionary system of making small loans to up and coming business people in the developing world. These loans can be transformative not only for the business person, but the community at large. This program has been wildly successful in several developing countries, especially in Bangladesh and India. We will loan this money, which will be repaid, and continually reinvested in future projects.

Project Dates: Monday, Mar 1, 2010 to Thursday, Mar 1, 2012

Category:

Fundraising for a Cause

Location of Project:

Theodore Roosevelt High School

Number of Adults:

1

Number of Students:

40

People Impacted:

1000

School/Organization:

Theodore Roosevelt - Riders Taking Action

 

1400 N. Mantua St.
Kent , OH 44240

School/Org. Contact:

Chris Hibbs
330-322-4496

Organization Type:

High School

Number of Visits:

1088

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