Education changes everything.
We’re floored on a daily basis by students who have struggled against all odds to finish their education, lenders who time and again come back to change yet another person’s life, and Fellows who dedicate a portion of their own lives to bringing microloans to more students in developing countries. [...]
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The excitement level is through the roof here at Vittana! And there are three very good reasons for our more-than-usual boisterousness. 1. Last night, Vittana won best non-profit start-up at the Seattle 2.0 Awards. Seattle is known worldwide for its innovative start-up community, and we’re excited and humbled to be [...]
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A few weeks ago we got a nice surprise in our inbox; we got the news that Netted was featuring Vittana in their daily email. Quite nice of them, don’t you think? Here’s the article in case you’d like to take a peek. Netted sends a daily internet-focused email that [...]
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We woke up this morning to some disturbing news: that Nobel Prize Winner (and “grandfather” of the microfinance movement) Muhammad Yunus has been asked to step down as Managing Director of Grameen Bank (which he founded 1983). We’ve been following the story and wanted to send you a chronology of articles [...]
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Earlier this week we posted about the great stuff going on at the Clinton Global Initiative, but yesterday was a particularly special moment in Vittana history. Wednesday September 22, we announced the launch of our new initiative Vittana/Africa: Bringing Student Loans to Africa on stage at the special plenary session [...]
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Today the Economist gave education loans the nod as “the next big thing in microfinance.” And while usually we’d get a little sheepish about claiming to be involved in a “hotbed” of anything, if the Economist calls “finding new ways to fund poor students” a “hotbed of innovation,” then that’s [...]
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March is shaping up to be a busy month for Vittana! Check out what’s been going on: March Madness Our March Microfinance Madness competition is going strong, but there are only 12 days left! We have fully funded 52 students, and there are plenty more to go. Take a look [...]
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Vittana has received some wonderful press over the past few months. To keep you in the loop, here are some of our favorite links. February 2010: Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Fast Company named Vittana one of the top 10 most innovative finance companies. January 2010: Global Community Listens to [...]
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In case you missed it, here is your reading guide to Vittana in the news for the last month: Huffington Post: “HuffPo Game Changers: Your picks for the Ultimate 10” After 1.7 million votes, our CEO Kushal Chakrabarti was named the Ultimate Game Changer in Philanthropy by Huffington Post readers. [...]
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