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Mark Lutz, Author of UnPoverty Visits Bethel University in Minnesota
The following guest post was written by Emily Vennerstrom, co-chair of the Minneapolis chapter of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO). On Wednesday, April 20, Mark Lutz–author of UnPoverty: Rich Lessons from the Working Poor and Opportunity International’s SVP of Global Philanthropy–was in the Twin Cities to speak at my alma mater, Bethel University. I worked with Read more…
Tagged College, Ending Poverty, Events, Guest Post, mark lutz, Opportunity International, Students, University, unpoverty, unpoverty rich lessons from the working poor, YAO, YAO-Minneapolis, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Meet Opportunity: Minnesota College Students Get to Know Microfinance
The following post was contributed by YAO core member Nolan Soltvedt. This fall, I spoke to a class at the University of Minnesota about Opportunity International’s work and about my involvement with Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO). The students were asked to write a one-page reflection paper on the topic, which gave me a great insight into a college student’s first impressions Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Campus, campus coordinators, College, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Financial services, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Nonprofit, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, Savings account, Schools, Students, Training, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, University, Weather-index crop insurance, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Global Poverty on College Campuses: The Two Dollar a Day Challenge
Today, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, manager of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) presented about Opportunity’s partnership with the Two Dollar Challenge (TDC) organization to the Development Assistance Task Force at the U.S. Summit for Global Citizenship. Here are a few highlights from Sonya’s presentation… At Opportunity, we feel strongly that young adults in the U.S. have the skills, broad Read more…
Tagged 2010 US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, Campus, College, Colombia, Conference, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Hunger, Kenya, Microfinance, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Opportunity Kenya, OptINnow, Poverty, Schools, Shawn Humphrey, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, Students, TDC, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, University, University of Mary Washington, US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, US Summit Citizen Diplomacy, Washington D.C., YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
CGI and Young Leaders Collaborate for Change at the CGIU Conference
“I strongly believe that, through CGIU, we can harness the energy and power of today’s young leaders to improve the lives of people around the world and build a stronger future for us all.” – President Bill Clinton Reflections from Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU)… At this conference we spent 36 hours rubbing shoulders with the Read more…
Tagged Bill Clinton, Campus, Clean energy, Climate Change, Clinton Global Initiative, College, Conference, Global change, Health, Human Rights, Leaders, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Students, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Two Dollar Challenge
This year, Opportunity International is proud to announce our partnership with the Two Dollar a Day Challenge (TDC). TDC is an initiative that began with Shawn Humphrey, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mary Washington. Shawn charged his students with the very same challenge that people all over the world Read more…
Tagged $2 a day, College, Education, Fundraising, OptINnow, Schools, Students, TDC, Two Dollar Challenge
College student shares her discovery of microfinance
The following is a guest post by Kelsey McGrath a student at the Univerity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In January, I spent a couple of hours with staff at Opportunity International’s Oak Brook office. Although it was just a lunch break for them, it was a turning point for me. This semester, I’ve decided to Read more…
Tagged Campus, College, Education, Grameen, Grameen Bank, Mobile Banking, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace Corps, Students, Students Twodollarchallenge, Women
Opportunity Partners with Two Dollar Challenge: Student Program Makes Poverty a Reality
Opportunity International is pleased to announce our partnership with Two Dollar Challenge (TDC), an organization based out of the University of Mary Washington (UMW) in Fredericksburg, Va. The program, where students live or eat on just $2 per day for one week, raises money for Opportunity Trust Groups in Kenya and Colombia through our peer-to-peer lending website, OptINnow. This initiative Read more…
Tagged College, Colombia, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Fundraising, Hunger, Indiana University, Kenya, ohio northern university, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Schools, Students, TDC, Trust Groups, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, University, University of Chicago, University of Mary Washington, westminster college, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
