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What We’re Watching: Change Makers and Great Videos at the Global Citizen Festival in New York
In late September, 60,000 people, including Opportunity supporters from the NYC chapter of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, descended on Central Park for the largest syndicated charity concert in online and broadcast TV history. The Global Poverty Project‘s Global Citizen Festival brought together change makers with artists such as Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Read more…
Tagged Abbi Antablin, Agricultural finance, Alexa Chu, charity concert, Children, Education, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial services, Global citizen, Global Poverty, Global Poverty Project, K'Naan, Loans, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Schools, Students, UN General Assembly, videos, YAO, YAO-New York, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
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
What We’re Pinning: Poverty Eradication Day, World Food Day and a Week of Social Activism
With World Food Day on Tuesday, and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Wednesday, and more, it was a busy week for activists everywhere! This week on Pinterest, we’re sharing a few of our favorite pins from the causes we supported and promoted this week. Check them out, see if there’s any you’d Read more…
Tagged activism, Children, Deyl Kearin, Education, Ending Poverty, Hunger, infographic, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Malala Yousufzai, Malin Akerman, Opportunity International, photos, Poverty, Poverty Eradication Day, Sahara Desert, Students, UN Development Programme, UNDP, what we're pinning, World Food Day, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Poverty Eradication Day: Education for a Better Future
Though few need a day to remind them that people around the world live in extreme poverty–in fact, more than half the world lives on less than $2 a day–today is the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to raise awareness of and support for the issues that cause and result from chronic Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ashaiman, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial services, Gabriel Addai Duah, Ghana, IDP Foundation, IDP Rising Schools, India, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, Mercy Senyegah, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Poverty Eradication Day, Richmercy School, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, school proprietors, Schools, Send a Girl to School, Students, Students of the World, Training, Uganda, videos
Today on World Food Day, there’s Hope for an End to Hunger
Globally, nearly 870 million people are undernourished–about 12% of the world’s population. It’s World Food Day and social media is buzzing with challenging facts and stats about hunger, like the ones in this post. This information is important. There’s no doubt that it’s one of the great injustices that children anywhere go to bed hungry, that Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Children, Community, Crop insurance, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, FAO, Financial services, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food security, Ghana, Global Poverty, IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Loans, Made for Good, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Millennium Development Goals, Opportunity International, Poverty, sub-Saharan Africa, Training, Weather-index crop insurance, Women, World Food Day, World Food Programme, world hunger
What We’re Watching: Last Chance to Watch Half the Sky Movement’s Documentary Online
If you missed the chance to watch the tear-jerking, moving, and inspirational Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide when it aired on PBS last week, the videos expire in the next two days. Part 1 closes tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 9) and part 2 closes the following day on Wednesday. It’s a Read more…
Tagged Africa, Asia, Cambodia, Children, economic empowerment, Education, Ending Poverty, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Healthcare, India, Kenya, Loans, Microfinance, Mothers, Nicholas D. Kristof, PBS, Sheryl WuDunn, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Somaly Mam, videos, Vietnam, what we're watching, Women
