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April is the Month of Microfinance
April showers bring more than May flowers in the world of microfinance. Shawn Humphrey, an Economics professor from the University of Mary Washington, has started the Student Microfinance Movement, designating April as the Month of Microfinance, and with it comes a showering of educational events and fundraisers. The Month of Mifi raises awareness and support Read more…
Tagged Blogs, Events, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Month of Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Opportunity International, Shawn Humphrey, student microfinance movement, Students, To Catch a Dollar, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, videos, 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
U.S. Summit for Global Citizenship Starts Tomorrow!
Tomorrow, the U.S. Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy begins in Washington, D.C. More than 100 NGO leaders working in nine task force groups on a number of topics, including business and development assistance, have solicited and vetted hundreds of proposals from citizen diplomacy organizations, and selected ten top organizations to present in each task Read more…
Tagged 2010 US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, Ruth-Anne Renaud, Shawn Humphrey, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, TDC, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, University of Mary Washington, US Center for Citizen Diplomacy, US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, US Summit Citizen Diplomacy, Washington D.C., Women's Opportunity Network, WON, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
