This document provides information about the microfinance organization ADITO and internship opportunities. ADITO connects Harvard students to microfinance institutions around the world through consulting projects and hands-on internships. Interns have worked on projects in several countries assisting with impact studies, technical assistance, and marketing. The document outlines the application process and preparation needed for the summer internships, and lists specific microfinance partners in India, Africa, and Argentina where interns have opportunities to work.

1. experience
microfinance

2. CONTENTS
1 WHO WE ARE
2 INTERNSHIPS
3 WHERE WE GO
4 WHAT TO DO NEXT

3. 1
How ADITO
Works

4. What is microfnance?
• Microfnance is the provision of
fnancial s ervices on a very s mall
s cale to people (mos tly women) who
are otherwis e unbankable
• Structured so as to overcome the
obs tacles of formal f nance –
collateral, location, formal legal
identity…
• Helps poor people to improve their lives
by giving them to means to s tart and
develop income generating activities

5. What is ADITO?
• ADITO is a nexus between Harvard
and the world of microfnance
• We have two main missions:
o To as s is t gras s roots microfnance
ins titutions (MFIs) by providing pro bono
consulting
o To expos e Harvard s tudents to
microfnance by giving them hands-on
experiences
• We will soon become a registered
501(c)(3)

6. The People
Simon – CEO
Polina – COO
Valerie – CFO
Regional Directors, Event
Coordinators, Grant Directors

7. What we do
Selection of interns
Microfinance conference
Project preparation
Microfinance seminar
Support of interns
Fundraising

8. 2 Internships

9. Our 2009 Interns

10. What does an intern do
•Projects
•Consulting
•Impact studies
•Web presentations
•Field work

11. What it takes
•Application process
•Spring preparation for your internship
•Seminar
•Money
•Travel preparations
•Internship
•Future involvement with ADITO

12. 3 Where we go

13. India
MIMO
Mann Deshi
Ujjivan
HKL

14. India
Possible projects:
•Conduct impact assessment
studies by interviewing clients to
determine effectiveness and
influence of microcredit services
•Reviewing and conducting
analyses on a pilot program of
smart card technology
•Marketing and technical work on
a recently launched radio station

15. Africa
Urwego Opportunity Bank of Rwanda:
located in Kigali, over 1,000,000 clients, offer
both individual and group loans, partnered with
Grameen foundation to provide remote
locations with "Village phones"
PRIDE Tanzania: leading MFI in Tanzania,
headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, with over 25
branches throughout the country serving
30,000 clients, offers wide variety of loans from
around $150 to $15,000, possibility to intern at
several branches
Central Bank of Ghana (almost confirmed)
Sia N'Son (Parakou, Benin)

16. Argentina
•Resistencia (Grameen Lapacho)
•La Plata
•Rosario

17. 4 What to do next

18. Find out more - ask questions:
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smahler@fas
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pkrass@fas
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vchadha@fas
Get an application, f ll it in, and
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submit it by Dec 3, 2009

19. Thanks for
coming