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Navara Foundation
tnstead of holding restau-
rant fundraisers or selling
baked goods in Angell Hall,
the Navara Foundation, a club
within the Ross School of Busi-
ness, is selling Honduran cof-
fee to Ann Arbor businesses
in an effort to raise money for
merchants living in rural Hon-
duras.
The club, which was started
in fall 2009, will be sending
about eightrstudents to a string
of villages in Honduras next
week during spring break to
research economic develop-
ment strategies for Honduran
farmers. Along with providing
economic advice to villagers
and researching candidates to
receive microloans, the group
will begin to build the foun-
dations for what Peter Was-
serman, a club member and
Business junior, said he hopes
will be a "lasting relationship."
Education, career devel-
opment, research and eco-
nomic investment are the
fundamental initiatives of the
Navara Foundation. Though
still in its early stages, Busi-
ness junior Jordan Kirkbride,
sncub member, said the Navara
Foundation promotes the idea
of microfinance to help devel-
oping countries improve their
economies.
Researchers from Union
MicroFinanza - a non-profit
organization in Ann Arbor
made up of University alumni
who study opportunities for
microfinance in Honduras -
will accompany the group of
students.
Kirkbride said Union
MicroFinanza focuses on
social justice and seeks to
"teach people how to empower
themselves and improve upon
themselves."
To support Honduran farm-
ers, Union MicroFinanza and
the Navara Foundation have
been marketing Honduran-
grown coffee beans to local
Ann Arbor coffee houses.
According to Wassernman,
some businesses have indi-
cated interest, and many local
churches have already pur-
chased the coffee.
Espresso Royale, which
already sells a variety of inter-
national coffees, is one of the
businesses that has indicated
an interest in the fundraiser.
According to Wasserman,
the group plans to buy the
Honduran coffee at $5 per
pound and then sell the coffee
to businesses at about $10 per
pound. This will allow Union
MicroFinanza to give these
profits back to Honduras by
funding various operations in
the country and redistribut-
ing the funds to them through
micro-loans, Wasserman
wrote in an e-mail interview.
According to Kirkbride,
there are incentives for local
coffee. houses to purchase the
Honduran coffee including an
inexpensive price tag and the
opportunity to help the devel-
oping country.
Wasserman said he hopes
to see the Navara Founda-
tion develop even more in the
months to come because it
offers valuable experiences for
students.
"We can sit here and talk
about microfinance, but if
we're not doing anything, then
what does it mean?" said Was-
- CLAIRE GOSCICKI
Members of the toss School of Business'
Navara Foundation dig a latrine in the center
at a viliaee in Honduras. tight memhers vf
the group, founded in lull 2009, will travel to
Honduras aver spring break.
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