Nine months ago, a group of Wharton students launched an online site called Givology.org, whose purpose is to raise money for scholarships and education projects in the developing world. Givology's vision, according to chief development officer Catherine Gao, is that of a global community of individuals connected through their belief in the power of education to change people's lives. The group, which so far has attracted more than 200 lenders, has partnerships in China, India, Uganda, Ecuador and Kenya. Gao, a Wharton undergraduate, and Maria Davydenko, a dual-degree Wharton/Penn student and the site's chief creative director, spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about Givology and why they each donate more than 10 hours a week to this project.
An edited transcript of the conversation follows.
knowledge@Wharton: Catherine and Maria, thanks for coming. Maria, can you explain briefly how Givology works?
Maria Davydenko: Givology is basically structured to be a social network for the socially conscious. We have three main branches. We have the donor section of the site, and then we have students and we have projects. The site is sort of like a Facebook, but for donations. So people can take a look at students and at projects they're interested in, interact with them and then donate to them.
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