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What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions?
Around the office at Opportunity-US, our staff are gearing up today for the first work day of 2011! And we’ve got a lot of New Year’s resolutions to make this year great–some are big, some are small. Here now are just a few of our goals for 2011: Put my clothes away every single day instead Read more…
Tagged Chicago, Children, faith, Family, New Year, New year's resolutions, Opportunity International, Opportunity-US, Prayer, staff
Over 150 Chicagoans Gather at Schubas for Tunes for Tanzania
Last night, on Tuesday, Nov. 30, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) held its first-ever Tunes for Tanzania. This was a benefit concert featuring local bands who came together to help raise money and awareness for Opportunity International’s microfinance work in Tanzania. Schubas Tavern, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, was packed with over 150 guests Read more…
Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty? Grameen Hosts a Chicago Event
On Monday at the Chase Auditorium in Chicago, Grameen Foundation hosted a lunchtime discussion called, “Does microfinance reduce poverty? A dialogue on the social impact of microfinance as a development tool.” This event aimed to answer this challenge: microcredit has been successful in increasing access to capital by the poor but does it actually reduce poverty Read more…
Tagged Beth Houle, Chicago, Clients, Dominican University, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Grameen, Grameen Foundation, Investments, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Ruth-Anne Renaud, Savings, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Happy Memorial Day! Make microfinance a part of your summer.
Today the first three-day weekend of the summer comes to a close. So what are you planning to do this summer? Join the YAO team for the 14th Annual Chicago Half Marathon/5K on Sunday, Sept. 12. Be a part of the fifth largest half marathon in the U.S. and run the lakefront course along South Read more…
Tagged Chicago, Chicago Half Marathon, Coronado Bridge Race, Holiday, Memorial Day, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Poverty, San Diego, Students, Tanzania, YAO, YAO-San Diego, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
Women Advancing Microfinance in Chicago
At Opportunity International’s US office, we draw our motivation and sense of purpose from the stories of our clients and their families as they build a bridge out of poverty. This week, I am further inspired by a different group of people – the members of Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) Chicago. On September 17th this Read more…
Tagged Accion, Chicago, Development, Education, Ending Poverty, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Microenterprise Development, Microfinance, SEEP Network, ShoreBank, Traditional banking sector, Training, WAM International, Women, Women Advancing Microfinance, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Twestival: Social Media Enables Social Change
Guest Post written by Kaitlyn Davidson: What’s this Twitter stuff all about? If you have a Twitter account (millions of you do), and you want to engage in social change, then Twitter may have just the event for you. Twestival Local, or Twitter-Festival, is an event that unites Twitter users offline to have a Read more…
Tagged Chicago, Children, Education, Fundraising, Jacqueline Syokwaa, Kenya, Loans, Nairobi, Opportunity International, Social Media, Trust Groups, Twestival, Twitter
