CHAPTER STATS
$88,189
FUNDRAISED
9
BRIGADES
79
VOLUNTEERS
RESOURCES
SPONSORS
Yale University is a chapter of Global Business Brigades, an international movement of university students and professionals building economic opportunities in the developing world. We work alongside promising entrepreneurs and experienced year-round staff to create financial opportunities in remote, rural, and under resourced areas of Honduras and Ghana. We work with communities to build community-owned banks to provide access to loans, savings accounts and financial literacy for community members. Volunteers assist in consulting micro-enterprises, assessing loan capacity payments and providing financial literacy workshops to families. nnIn conjunction with our Business Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.
RECENT OR UPCOMING BRIGADES
COVID-19 Program Continuation Fund
May 05, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021
Donate funds toward sustaining programs during COVID-19. Your donations can still make the same impact as a brigade and more.
Chapter Contribution for 2019 Brigades
Jan 01, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018
Donate on behalf of this Global Business Brigades chapter to meet their minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution goal, so they can mobilize Business Brigade volunteers for the Sep 2018- Oct 2019 Brigade Season.
Yale University Business Brigade March 2017 Panama
Mar 18, 2017 - Mar 24, 2017
Global Brigades offers 7-day Business Brigades throughout the year in Honduras and Panama. Business Brigades volunteers empowers rural communities in Panama without access to financial services and business guidance by providing micro-enterprise counseling, financial planning assistance and strategic investment. During the brigade, volunteers divide into small groups to conduct client visits in which they get to know the client and assess each client’s level of financial competency, entrepreneurial aspirations, and/or business knowledge. Volunteers then provide educational and capacity building assistance in the form of workshops. Topics range from personal finance to basic accounting and business planning.
Chapter Contribution for 2018 Brigades
Jan 01, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
Donate on behalf of this Global Business Brigades chapter to meet their minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution goal, so they can mobilize Business Brigade volunteers for the Sep 2017- Oct 2018 Brigade Season.
Yale Microfinance Brigade March 2016 Panama
Mar 12, 2016 - Mar 18, 2016
Fundraise with your Global Business Brigades chapter on campus to meet the minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution. The annual chapter contribution directly supports the Community Investment Fund, which enables year-round economic development in partner communities carried out by our local teams. The Community Investment Fund is a critical component to GB’s Sustainable Transition Plan. Once a partner community has met specific health and economic development goals and brigades are no longer necessary, GB transitions projects fully to the community and offers follow-up with our local staff. The more you fundraise, the more impact we make together! BUSINESS Suggested donation amount: $25 On average, $25 provides a micro-loan to increase one family’s income potential.
Chapter Contribution for 2017 Brigades
Jan 01, 2016 - Dec 31, 2016
Donate on behalf of this Global Business Brigades chapter to meet their minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution goal, so they can mobilize Business Brigade volunteers for the Sep 2016- Oct 2017 Brigade Season.
Yale University Business Brigade March 2015 Honduras
Mar 08, 2015 - Mar 14, 2015
Global Brigades offers 7-day Business Brigades throughout the year in Honduras and Panama. Business Brigades volunteers empowers rural communities in Panama without access to financial services and business guidance by providing micro-enterprise counseling, financial planning assistance and strategic investment. During the brigade, volunteers divide into small groups to conduct client visits in which they get to know the client and assess each client’s level of financial competency, entrepreneurial aspirations, and/or business knowledge. Volunteers then provide educational and capacity building assistance in the form of workshops. Topics range from personal finance to basic accounting and business planning.
Yale Microfinance Brigade March 2014 Panama
Mar 16, 2014 - Mar 22, 2014
Fundraise with your Global Business Brigades chapter on campus to meet the minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution. The annual chapter contribution directly supports the Community Investment Fund, which enables year-round economic development in partner communities carried out by our local teams. The Community Investment Fund is a critical component to GB’s Sustainable Transition Plan. Once a partner community has met specific health and economic development goals and brigades are no longer necessary, GB transitions projects fully to the community and offers follow-up with our local staff. The more you fundraise, the more impact we make together! BUSINESS Suggested donation amount: $25 On average, $25 provides a micro-loan to increase one family’s income potential.
Yale Microfinance Brigade March 2013 Honduras
Mar 17, 2013 - Mar 23, 2013
Fundraise with your Global Business Brigades chapter on campus to meet the minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution. The annual chapter contribution directly supports the Community Investment Fund, which enables year-round economic development in partner communities carried out by our local teams. The Community Investment Fund is a critical component to GB’s Sustainable Transition Plan. Once a partner community has met specific health and economic development goals and brigades are no longer necessary, GB transitions projects fully to the community and offers follow-up with our local staff. The more you fundraise, the more impact we make together! BUSINESS Suggested donation amount: $25 On average, $25 provides a micro-loan to increase one family’s income potential.
Yale Microfinance Brigade 2012
Dec 28, 2012 - Dec 29, 2012
Fundraise with your Global Business Brigades chapter on campus to meet the minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution. The annual chapter contribution directly supports the Community Investment Fund, which enables year-round economic development in partner communities carried out by our local teams. The Community Investment Fund is a critical component to GB’s Sustainable Transition Plan. Once a partner community has met specific health and economic development goals and brigades are no longer necessary, GB transitions projects fully to the community and offers follow-up with our local staff. The more you fundraise, the more impact we make together! BUSINESS Suggested donation amount: $25 On average, $25 provides a micro-loan to increase one family’s income potential.
Yale University Microfinance March 2012 Honduras
Mar 11, 2012 - Mar 17, 2012
Fundraise with your Global Business Brigades chapter on campus to meet the minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution. The annual chapter contribution directly supports the Community Investment Fund, which enables year-round economic development in partner communities carried out by our local teams. The Community Investment Fund is a critical component to GB’s Sustainable Transition Plan. Once a partner community has met specific health and economic development goals and brigades are no longer necessary, GB transitions projects fully to the community and offers follow-up with our local staff. The more you fundraise, the more impact we make together! BUSINESS Suggested donation amount: $25 On average, $25 provides a micro-loan to increase one family’s income potential.
March 2011 Yale Microfinance Brigade
Mar 07, 2011 - Mar 13, 2011
Fundraise with your Global Business Brigades chapter on campus to meet the minimum $1,500 USD annual chapter contribution. The annual chapter contribution directly supports the Community Investment Fund, which enables year-round economic development in partner communities carried out by our local teams. The Community Investment Fund is a critical component to GB’s Sustainable Transition Plan. Once a partner community has met specific health and economic development goals and brigades are no longer necessary, GB transitions projects fully to the community and offers follow-up with our local staff. The more you fundraise, the more impact we make together! BUSINESS Suggested donation amount: $25 On average, $25 provides a micro-loan to increase one family’s income potential.
January 2011 Yale Micro Finance Brigade
Jan 02, 2011 - Jan 09, 2011
Microfinance Brigades works to empower rural Honduran communities by establishing community banks and teaching community members basic business practices. Students and professionals will work alongside partner organizations FINCA and FUNDER to hold a microfinance workshop in the target community and visit entrepreneurial minded individuals within that community to work with them on developing their business models. At the end of the week each volunteer is allotted $100 from their program donation to sponsor loans or invest to best support the sustainable development of the community members you met.
Honduras Winter Trip 2012
Jan 01, 1970 - Dec 20, 2011
Yale Microfinance Brigades