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Step Into Someone Else’s Shoes
The following is a guest post from Mandy Graessle. Mandy is a Young Ambassador for Opportunity in Houston, Texas and is Living Below the Line for Opportunity from April 29-May 3. Join her in the challenge, support her fundraiser, and learn more at https://www.livebelowtheline.com/me/favouritethings I was raised with a sense of responsibly for my community; Read more…
A Day in the $1.50 Life
Young Ambassador for Opportunity member Joe Sandler Lived Below the Line last year. He recounts his experience here. Join Opportunity supporters and Young Ambassadors like Joe in Living Below the Line for Opportunity April 29-May 3 2013. Spend less than $1.50 a day on food and drink in honor of the 1.4 billion people who Read more…
Minnesota Supporters Spin, Discuss and Dine, Taking Action for our Clients
This November, Opportunity International supporters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area were busy holding fundraising and awareness-raising events for the sake of our clients. Meet two Minnesota supporters — Cassie Burns and Steve Waters — who each share their experiences hosting recent get-togethers in their hometown. Cassie was co-host of a panel discussion with local women Read more…
Tagged Bogotá, Bonnie St. John, Cartagena, Colombia, donors, Ending Poverty, fundraisers, How Great Women Lead, Insight Trip, Loans, Microfinance, Minneapolis, Nicaragua, Noemi Vivas Ocaña, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Nicaragua, Vicki Escarra, women entrepreneurs, Women Leaders
It’s More Exciting than Landing a Movie with Tom Cruise
The following post was written by actress and Young Ambassador, Malin Akerman. A couple weeks ago in L.A., I had the pleasure of reuniting with two incredible women, Geralyn Sheehan, Program Director at Opportunity Nicaragua, and Debbie Levin, President of the Environmental Media Association (EMA). I met Debbie when I got involved with EMA’s School Read more…
Tagged Abbi Antablin, Agriculture, Blogs, Children, Education, Emprendedora School, Events, Facebook, Geralyn Sheehan, Granada, Latin America, Loan Officer, Loans, Los Angeles, Malin Akerman, Nicaragua, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Nicaragua, Schools, Social Media, Students, tourism, Twitter, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Deyl Kearin Runs 155-Mile Ultramarathon Sahara Race to End Poverty
This post was written by Deyl Kearin, supporter and member of the Board of Governors, who’s en route right now to Egypt for an ultramarathon, Sahara Race, starting October 28. He’ll run the equivalent of six marathons in six and a half days — a total of 155 miles (250 kilometers) — to help Opportunity’s clients in Read more…
Tagged Africa, Board of Governors, Clients, donors, Egypt, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, fundraisers, Global Poverty, Loans, Microfinance, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Poverty, race, running, Sahara Desert, Social Media, sub-Saharan Africa, Training, Trust Groups, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
An Education and a Brighter Future for Nicaraguan Girls
The following post was written by actress and Young Ambassador Malin Akerman about her July visit to Opportunity’s Emprendedora School in Granada, Nicaragua. It was first published on the Half the Sky movement‘s blog. For more blog posts by Malin, click here. For information on Opportunity’s partnership with Half the Sky, visit opportunity.org/halfthesky. In late Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Children, Community, Education, Emprendedora School, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Geralyn Sheehan, Girls, Granada, Latin America, Malin Akerman, Microfinance, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Opportunity Nicaragua, Schools, Technology, Women, Women's Philanthropy, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Meeting Each of Us Where We Are
The following post was written by Rich McClure, a member of Opportunity’s Board of Governors, about his Insight Trip last week to India. As I finished an impactful Insight Trip to see Opportunity’s operations in Chennai, India, I was convicted again by Jesus’s example of meeting people where they are. No matter how a person Read more…
Tagged Asia, Board of Governors, Chennai, christianity, Clients, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, Global Poverty, GO Finance, God, India, Insight Trip, Jesus Christ, Loans, Lord, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Training, Transformation
A Drumbeat and a Trust Group: My Trip to Tanzania
The following post is by actress Malin Akerman, who recently joined , from her March with her husband Roberto to see Opportunity’s work in Tanzania. In my last post I told you about how and why Roberto and I decided to take a trip with to Tanzania. Here’s a really brief recap of our trip, with highlights, Read more…
Tagged Africa, Arusha, Children, Clients, Faraja Centre, Financial services, Himo, Insight Trip, Loans, Malin Akerman, MFI, Microfinance, Mwanga, Ngorongoro Crater National Park, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Poverty, Tanzania, Trust Groups, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
A Young Ambassador’s Report from the 2012 Chicago Microfinance Conference
I left the 2012 Chicago Microfinance Conference, “Micronext: Strategies and Challenges of Social Impact,” impressed, energized and hungry for more. The conference focused on the strategies and challenges of social impact, facilitating discussions around the direction of and the lessons from past methodologies. The strong turnout included experts from various microfinance organizations, as well as Read more…
Tagged 2012 Chicago Microfinance Conference, Agricultural finance, Blog, Chicago Microfinance Conference, Conference, David Roodman, Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, home improvement loans, HOPE International, Impact, Insurance, Kellogg School of Management, Loans, Microfinance, northwestern university, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, YAO, YAO-Chicago, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals
