E. A. Hanks: Is Micro Lending The Future Of Giving?

Published: December 7, 2007, 7:40 am

I met Emily Stenning while we were both studying at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. From the moment I met her, she was constantly working on something: a committee, a foundation, a charity. To me, she is the epitome of the youth movement that we here at Living admire and believe is the future of global activism and philanthropy. Emily recently moved to India (after founding the Timau Children's Foundation Africa) and is working with Intellecap, a social investment bank, and took the time to answer some of my questions about what she does and why, and the connection between philanthropy and finance. When did you start getting involved with activism? Age 6 I decided that I wanted to be a Kenyan. I think it originated with an obsession with elephants but the more you learn about Kenya the more you can't escape the absurd realities that the majority of people face [there]. My first experiences of working in philanthropy therefore started in Kenya and

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