Student managers from the Tobin College of Business
undergraduate Global Loan Opportunities for Budding
Entrepreneurs (GLOBE)
Program were invited to present at the Fiftieth Session of the
Commission for Social Development (CSocD) at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York City on Wednesday,
February 8, 2012.
The students and Dr. Linda Sama, director of the GLOBE
Program, were invited by the Sisters of Charity
Federation and Daughters of Charity to
discuss how GLOBE’s microcredit program promotes social justice and
contributes to systemic improvements in economic development in
impoverished countries.
The Daughters have a long-standing relationship with the College
and work collaboratively with the GLOBE students. Acting as field
partners, they recommend loan candidates, distribute funds and help
collect loan repayments from the entrepreneurs in their
communities. Students manage all the program’s operational details
and set strategy for the program going forward with the guidance of
Dr. Sama and the GLOBE Steering Committee. After the presentation,
the students were given the opportunity to participate in Q&A
and network with representatives from numerous Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs).
"The NGO communities at the United Nations were extremely receptive
and welcoming of GLOBE. Dr. Sama's engaging performance allowed
them to understand the workings and objectives of GLOBE, both as an
academic course offered at St. John's and as a non-profit
organization. Our mission is not only to raise funds to provide
micro-loans to women and men living in extreme poverty but to
create a system of poverty alleviation so that they may live
dignified lives,” said Stephanie Pereira Lima, the current
marketing and fundraising team liaison for GLOBE, as she reflected
on her experience.
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