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What We’re Watching: Vicki Escarra on CEOIntroNet
In a recent interview with CEOIntroNet, our CEO Vicki Escarra highlighted Opportunity’s innovative approach in the field. Watch the footage to hear more about Opportunity’s unique approach to working with donors and the community economic development work underway in Nicaragua, where donors and staff are working together on a community economic development (CED) program. Focused Read more…
“I Have a Dream” for an End to Poverty: Martin Luther King’s March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr. led 250,000 people in the “March on Washington” in August 1963. On the national mall, Dr. King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. In it, he called for an end to inequality in American society, peaceful reconciliation among races and ethnic groups, and social and economic justice. King said: […W]e Read more…
Tagged civil rights, Crop insurance, economic justice, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Global Poverty, Health insurance, Hunger, I Have a Dream, justice, Loans, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr., Microfinance, Mission, National holiday, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, social justice, Washington D.C., Weather-index crop insurance
What We’re Pinning: Women’s Empowerment
We believe that one of the keys to poverty eradication is the empowerment of women. Women represent 70% of those living on less than $2 a day, but typically spend 90% of their income on their families. So in honor of all the hardworking and courageous women around the world, here are some of our Read more…
Tagged Africa, Children, Empowerment, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Female entrepreneurs, Girls, Half the Sky, infographic, Latin America, Loans, Manal al-Sharif, Microfinance, Middle East, Oprah Winfrey, Poverty, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Time Magazine, what we're pinning, Women, women's empowerment, Women's Philanthropy, Women's World Banking
Meet Our Staff: Starting a New Chapter with the Governors
In October 2011, I took a leap of faith leaving some amazing friends and the fast pace of New York City to come back to my sweet hometown of Chicago. I achieved wonderful things in my career, coordinating conferences for 150-2,500 people, special events, outings, and managing a state of the art conference center for Read more…
Tagged 10000 women initiative, Board of Governors, Conference, Director of Donor Experience, Empact, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Events, Goldman Sachs, International Visitor, Meet Our Staff, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Tanzania, The Opportunity Summit, Women, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, young entrepreneurs
Opportunity Malawi Sends Two Clients to Child & Youth Finance International (CYFI) Summit in the Netherlands
Last week, April 3-4, was the first Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) summit in Amsterdam, entitled “Reshaping the Future of Finance.” Two young Opportunity Malawi clients were sent to the summit to represent Malawi as special guests, participating in youth panel discussions. One is Grey Katsilizeni, 23, from the rural Lilongwe area of Nambuma. He’s involved in Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ban Ki-moon, Child & Youth Finance International, Children, Colombia, CYFI, Entrepreneurs, Events, G20 Summit, Ghana, international business development, Kevin Smith, lilongwe, Loans, Makonen Getu, Malawi, MFI, Mulanje, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Savings, Uganda, UNCDF, United Nations, what we're reading, Youth, YouthStart
