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Breakout Session: Banking on Education
A quality education empowers students with the skills and abilities to secure higher paying jobs, build strong families and help in the economic development of their communities. Today, we discovered how Opportunity’s Banking on Education program is increasing educational opportunities for more than 120,000 children in underserved neighborhoods in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. The panelists Read more…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Char Caldwell, Children, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Geoffrey Thige, Ghana, Kenya, Liesel Pritzker, Loans, Malawi, Microfinance, OIC2011, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Kenya, School fee loans, Uganda, USAID, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Breakout Session: Doing Business for the Greater Good
Social entrepreneurs are individuals who bring innovative solutions to the most challenging social issues, offering both ideas and capital in support of wide-scale change. In this breakout session, I got the opportunity to hear from young entrepreneurs whose visionary business models reflect not just the bottom line, but their philanthropic commitment as global citizens to Read more…
Tagged Apolis Activism, CAbi, Ending Poverty, Global citizen, Liesel Pritzker, Made for Good, Microfinance, OIC2011, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Panzanee LLC, Poverty, Social Entrepreneurship, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Conference Breakout: Engaging the Next Generation of Microfinance Champions
The following post by YAO member and Opportunity supporter Sonja Egeland Kelly is one of the many blog posts we published from the 2010 Fall Microfinance Conference. Click here to read all our conference blog posts… Recognizing the importance of inspiring the next generation of microfinance champions, the Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO)[/intlink] breakout session at the Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, Conference, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Jump for Opportunity, Liesel Pritzker, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, OptINnow, Poverty, Tanzania, YAO, yao-la, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
YAO Goes to Boot Camp
On Saturday, May 15, 33 young professionals gathered in Minneapolis, Minn. for the first-ever YAO Boot Camp. The group spent the afternoon learning how to turn their knowledge of microfinance into action through a series of discussions and presentations. YAO-Minneapolis member Riley Powell gave a lively, interactive presentation on the ABC’s of microfinance and the work of Opportunity Read more…
Tagged Africa, AJ Renold, Board of Governors, David Makanza, Education, Insight Trip, Liesel Pritzker, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Poverty, Students, Tanzania, Technology, Twitter, YAO, YAO-Minneapolis, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Credit Suisse Microfinance Advocates Partner with Opportunity
Thank you to John Shon, Reference Data Group, Credit Suisse, for this guest blog post. The Credit Suisse Microfinance Advocates Network is an employee global network with the mission to promote microfinance to the rest of the bank. It is our goal to educate employees on current issues faced by the microfinance industry and to create Read more…
Tagged Advocates Network, April DuBois, Credit Suisse, Daryl Skoog, Education, Electronic wallet strategy, Holiday Opportunity Coffee Club, John Shon, Liesel Pritzker, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Institution, Opportunity International, Richard Spalholz, Technology
A Working Session at CGIU: Alleviating Global Poverty
Recently, I had the privilege of participating in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) in Miami, Fla. I was a table facilitator at two “working sessions” in which I collaborated with student leaders committed to effecting global change. With me at the conference was Liesel Pritzker, founder and chair of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO), Read more…
Tagged Advocacy and Media, Blogs, CGIU, Change-makers, Clinton Global Initiative, Conference, Education, Facebook, Leaders, Liesel Pritzker, Opportunity International, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, Radio, Social Entrepreneurship, Students, Twitter, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals
An armchair tour of Tanzania at Opportunity’s Spring Conference
The following is a guest post by Ed Kashmarek Opportunity’s Spring Conference, hosted last weekend by the Board of Governors in Scottsdale, Ariz., included a breakout session on Tanzania. Attendees were immediately transported to the country by a giant image of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro towering over bright yellow giraffes, accompanied by the soulful, seductive sounds of Tanzanian music. Read more…
Tagged $2 a day, Banking, Board of Governors, Clients, Conference, Independence, Insurance, Liesel Pritzker, Loans, Mount Kilimanjaro, Poverty, spring 2010 microfinance conference, spring microfinance conference, Tanzania, Training, Trust Groups, Unity, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Opportunity LiveBlog: Celebrating YAO
The Young Ambassadors for Opportunity is a group of enthusiastic young leaders who are joining forces to help eradicate poverty around the world. YAO firmly believes ending poverty can be done in their lifetime. YAO members seek to inspire, educate and involve the next generation committed to transforming the lives of the poor through microfinance. Read more…
