Triple Jump news - Monday, November 29, 2010

'Too little to do with sustainability'

Triple Jump director Mark van Doesburgh has been interviewed by his sister, the Dutch movie star Bracha van Doesburgh. The interview focuses on Marks personal motivation to move from traditional banking into micro finance.

The interview has been published in the Veronica Gids, a weekly television magazine with the highest circulation in the Netherlands. Mark in the interview:  “(...) I realized that the bank had little to do with sustainability and strongly focused on maximizing profits. I then traveled through Asia for half a year and there I came into contact with micro finance for the first time in my life.”  Read the article (in Dutch).