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Innovation to Aid the Horn of Africa: USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Last Thursday, USAID administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah spoke at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs lunchtime talk entitled “America’s role in Food Security and the Horn of Africa Famine.” Administrator Shah began with slides and stories from the amalgam of refugee camps that make up the Dadaab camps in Kenya. The camps, which were built for Read more…
Tagged Africa, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, China, Dadaab, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Ending Hunger, Facebook, famine, Feed the Future Guide, Haiti, Horn of Africa, Hunger, Kenya, Rajiv Shah, United Nations, USAID
Double Your Business’s Impact on Global Poverty with Caterpillar’s Matching Grant
Investing in microfinance through Opportunity International is the best, most efficient way that we’ve found through all of our philanthropic investments to make progress possible in the lives of people who need our help most. – Caterpillar Foundation Vice President Will Ball Caterpillar Foundation announces an aggressive, year-end $1 million challenge grant that will enable corporations Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, Agricultural finance, Caterpillar Foundation, Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar match, China, Conference, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Global Poverty, India, Indonesia, Mexico, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Philanthropy, Poverty, Rural banking, Rural Outreach, Savings, Technology, Will Ball, William Ball
What We’re Reading: Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women Initiative in The Washington Post
Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…
Tagged 10000 women initiative, afghanistan, Africa, brazil, China, Clients, Education, Egypt, Emerging Leaders, emerging leaders program, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Girls, Goldman Sachs, Half the Sky, India, Investing in Women and Girls, Loan Officer, Melanne Verveer, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rwanda, Schools, Sheryl WuDunn, Students, The Case for Support: Bringing Opportunity to Women, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown, Training, Washington Post, what we're reading, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
What We’re Reading: Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…
Tagged Africa, China, Clients, Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Hunger, India, international aid, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, what we're reading, World Bank, Zambia
YAO meets Ken Vander Weele at the Microfinance Club of New York
Panelist Ken Vander Weele (front center) and Opportunity’s East Coast Regional Director Richard Spalholz (far left) posed for a picture after the panel on Tuesday night, with guest blogger and YAO core member Michelle Mak (front right) and members of YAO-New York and YAO-Boston. YAO-NY core member Michelle Mak shares with us this report from last night’s Read more…
Tagged Africa, China, Global Leadership Team, HIV/AIDS, Ken Vander Weele, Malawi, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microfinance Club of New York, Mobile Banking, Opportunity China, Opportunity International, Poverty, Training, YAO, YAO-New York, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals, Youth
#Mifimon: Where in the world is microfinance working?
The following is a guest post by Grameen America DC’s Alice Geglio, for Opportunity International Interested in learning about microfinance? Follow our biweekly Twitter discussion group #mifimon (because Microfinance Mondays was too long for Twitter’s 140-character limit!) The aim is to host an exchange of ideas about issues relevant to the microfinance industry. You’re welcome to lend Read more…
Tagged #MifiMon, Accion, Afganistan, ASA, China, Clients, Financial Regulations, FINCA, Gameen Bank, Ghana, India, Kenya, Latin America, Mexico, MFI, Microenterprises, Microfinance Institution, OptINnow, Peru, Rural banking, Southeast Asia, The Economist, Twitter
This Quarter’s Book of Choice: Half the Sky
This quarter the Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) and Opportunity International’s staff book clubs are diving into Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. A read that Melinda Gates calls “a brutal awakening and an unmistakable call to action”, Half the Sky captures one of our era’s most pervasive human rights violations: the Read more…
Tagged Africa, Asia, Children, China, Community, Global Poverty, Half the Sky, Human Rights, Julie Hindmarsh, Melinda Gates, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
