PoverUP, a microfinance platform University of Pennsylvania student Charlie Javice started to pull people out of poverty in a sustainable way, has been chosen by Inc. as one of its Coolest College Start-ups.
PoverUP plans to launch its investment platform on April 13, 2011, which Javice is calling PoverUP Your World – 1st Annual Student Microfinance Day. The non-profit works with a diverse set of microfinance partners that will ultimately drive investments to more than 100 countries. PoverUP is also partnered with the London School of Economics Microfinance Society to tap into their networks and research.
Javice's goal for PoverUP, which draws its names from "getting up out of poverty," is to have satellite groups on 500 campuses within the next five years. Eventually, Javice plans to step out of a direct leadership role, since she believes the organization should be entirely student-run. "When students work together, we can really have an impact," she says.
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