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Star Contributor of the Month – Abhay Chawla

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This month we are extremely excited to recognize Abhay Chawla as our star contributor for the month, and first of 2019! We are recognizing Abhay for his wonderful involvement in several areas of the Mifos community. One major contribution was Abhay’s ability to engage potential new contributors for the Code for Good week! He also served as a mentor for Google Code In this past year, sharing his experience and wisdom with students. Lastly, Abhay  was integral in prepping a possible Outreach intern, which allows us to grow our community even more!

Star Contributor of the Month – Chirag Gupta

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This month we are extremely excited to recognize Chirag Gupta as our star contributor for the month, and last of 2018! After working with Mifos through Google-Code-In as a student in 2016, Chirag has continued to contribute ever since! This year he served as a Google-Code-In Mentor, where he has mad a tremendous impact helping guide students in the same way he was during GCI only a few short years ago. In addition to being a GCI Mentor, Chirag has helped Mifos in numerous ways, including fixing bugs in our mobile pay app and web projects. Keep up the great work, Chirag! We love having you as a part of our Mifos family!

Ways to Give

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As a non-profit organization, donations are key to our success. Whether it be time or money, the generosity of the Mifos community is what allows our initiative to be so successful and steadily work towards a world where everyone has access to basic financial services. Read about the different way you can contribute to Mifos this holiday season!

My Google Code In Experience – Chirag Gupta

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With the start of Google Code In this Tuesday, we wanted to share the experience of Chirag Gupta, one of our Mifos community members and GCI participants who went on the trip to Google headquarters in San Francisco after being selected as one of the winners of last year’s Google Code In. Read his incredible story below:

2018 Google Summer of Code Reflections

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Hopefully you read our introduction to our 2018 Google Summer of Code interns. If you missed our official recap, take a look to discover what they worked on.  As is tradition, we always ask our our interns a few questions at the end of the summer to reflect back on their experiences and see how […]

Brady’s First Time at OSCON

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For those of you whom I haven’t had the opportunity to meet, my name is Braden McDarment. I am a junior at the University of Washington, Seattle campus, studying Political Economy and Economics. Just a few weeks ago Ed Cable, James Dailey, and I drove down to Portland for the 20th anniversary of OSCON! The […]

Support Mifos and Score Amazing Deals on Amazon

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Want to support Mifos while shopping exclusive deals on Amazon? Amazon’s fourth-annual Prime Day kicks off on July 16th at 3 pm (ET), and features 36 hours of one-of-a-kind deals just for Prime Members. But it gets better–while you participate in one of the biggest shopping days of the year, you can effortlessly make an […]