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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
Pepperdine University Welcomes Microfinance Loan Officer Susan Chunda
On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Los Angeles chapter of YAO brought international guest Susan Chunda, an Opportunity Malawi loan officer, to share her experience with over 250 students on Pepperdine University’s campus. Students were lined up outside waiting to hear from Susan and the YAO-LA chapter about microfinance. Pepperdine students are especially excited about microfinance, as Read more…
Tagged Africa, Campus, campus coordinators, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Insight Trip, International Visitor, Jon Yasuda, Loan Officer, Loan Officers, Loans, Los Angeles, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance club, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Pepperdine, Poverty, resource, Schools, Student resource page, Students, University, Women, YAO, yao-la, yao-los angeles, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
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
#Mifimon: Microfinance and Higher Education
The following is a guest post from Andres Hammer, an intern at MF Transparency. Our mid-February #mifimon topic was: “microfinance and higher education.” One of the panelists was Chuck Waterfield @chuckwaterfield, who has 25 years of experience in microfinance, is on the faculty of Columbia University/SIPA, and is CEO & president of MicroFinance Transparency. Chuck’s course at SIPA teaches Read more…
Tagged #MifiMon, Alexandra Fiorillo, Chuck Waterfield, Columbia University, Coursework, Education, Higher education, Intern, MFI, Microfinance, MicroFinance Transparency, Professional training, Schools, Social Entrepreneurship, Teaching, Two Dollar Challenge, Undergraduate, University
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
