$500 - Best Student Microfinance-related Video
The Month of Microfinance and our partner Microplace are calling for videos from students of microfinance. Your video can explain microfinance, highlight a particular organization, or do anything else to educate about client-centered microfinance. The video will be judged based on the educational value, creativity, and strength of message. The producer(s) of the winning video will receive a $500 Gift Certificate from Microplace. The top three videos will be posted on both the MoMF and Microplace homepages. Check out the 2012 MoMF Best Video Contest Winner – La Ceiba MFI. To participate:
- Submit your video by filling out this form: 2013 MoMF Best Student Microfinance Video by Friday, May 3 at 5 pm EST.
Good Luck!
$100 and Free Registration to the SEEP Network’s Annual Conference- Best Microfinance Video
The Month of Microfinance and our partner the SEEP Network are calling for videos from the microfinance community. You can be a microfinance institution, alliance, network or supporting organization. Your video can explain microfinance, highlight your organization, or do anything else to educate about client-centered microfinance. The video will be judged based on its educational value, creativity, and strength of message. The winning video will receive $100 from the SEEP Network. In addition, the winner will receive one free registration for the SEEP Network’s annual conference (valued at over $1000). The SEEP Network’s annual conference will be from November 4-8 in the Washington DC area.
- Submit your video by filling out this form: 2013 MoMF Best Microfinance Video by Friday, May 3 at 5 pm EST.
Good Luck!
$100 – Student Essay Competition on Microfinance
The Month of Microfinance and our partners AboutMicrofinance and Whole Planet Foundation are calling for original essays from students of microfinance. To participate, students should:
- Endorse the MoMF and like the MoMF on Fb.
- Review and Follow the Submission Guidelines.
The winning submission will receive a $100 Whole Foods Gift Certificate from the Whole Planet Foundation.
$100 - Best Microfinance T-Shirt
The Month of Microfinance and our partner Bonsai People – The Vision of Muhammad Yunus want to spark your artistic creativity, so we’re asking you to create t-shirt designs on the website Zazzle.com and send us the t-shirt design you’ve made. You’re allowed to submit as many t-shirt ideas as you’d like and you may want to print yours and wear it around to spark a dialogue on microcredit and month of microfinance. You have two chances of winning. We have a Best Design and a Most Viral award. Both winners will receive $100 and a Bonsai People DVD.
- See the Rules at Bonsai Movie
- Winner Announced on Friday, May 31 @ 5 p m EST
$50 – Most Money Raised by Students During the Month of Microfinance
Many of the events you host can double as fundraisers. Whether you host a dinner, do the Two Dollar Challenge, or organize a penny drive. As long as you’re raising money for a microfinance-related organization during the month of April, it qualifies. To participate your campus club must:
- Be a registered partner that has fulfilled all expectations that attend partnership with the MoMF.
- Fill out the MoMF Most Money Raised Contest Submission Form by Friday, May 3 at 5 pm EST. Good Luck!
Best Student Microfinance Infographic Competition
The Month of Microfinance and our partner MIX (Microfinance Information Exchange) are calling for original infographics from students of microfinance. Your infographic should visually represent microfinance data from MIX Market with the goal of providing insight on integrated microfinance performance, highlighting a particular market, or educating about client-centered microfinance. To view an infographic example, check out the World Bank’s infographic for the Global Findex. The infographic will be judged based on informational value, creativity, and strength of message. Whoever creates the winning infographic will receive a Complimentary 12-month MIX Student subscription from MIX. The top infographic will be announced on MIX Market and on MoMF. To participate:
- Review and follow the Submission Guidelines
- Submit your infographic to MofMFI@gmail.com by Friday, May 3 at 5 pm EST.
Good Luck!
Copy of the documentary TO CATCH A DOLLAR: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America, signed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, and a copy of The International Bank of Bob, by Bob Harris — Most Creative Fundraising Idea
The Month of Microfinance and our partner To Catch a Dollar are calling for creative, original fundraising ideas from students and student groups. This can be for fundraisers already completed, in progress, or that you’re just planning! The winner will be judged based on creativity and fundraising potential, as well as replicability. The fundraiser can be for any microfinance-related organization. To participate, your campus club must:
- Fill out the MoMF Most Creative Fundraising Idea Submission Form by Friday, May 3 at 5 pm EST. Good Luck!
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