:Title:    Life in Africa, Ned Uganda and Microfinance
:Author:   Christina Jordan
:Date:     Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:25:55 PDT
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/neduganda/news/9/

We need to think about what Life in Africa, Ned Uganda and Microfinance will look like once the Life in Africa communities in Kampala and Gulu have transitioned to a coop structure and Life in Africa has transitioned to a US based non-profit. 

The community in Gulu currently has a microfinance fund from Omidyar.net that's disbursed and managed using a small lending group guarantee system. 

Life in Africa is also currently a Kiva partner, where loans for individuals in both Kampala and Gulu are sourced against a community guarantee. 

Mark has also mentioned the possibility of microfinance available through ned. 

We need to think about what running these existing and future programs should look like in the context of a coop biz unit structure. We also need to discuss how/whether the relationship with Kiva should change to reflect the new structures. 

Let's please have that discussion here.