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What We’re Pinning: Poverty Eradication Day, World Food Day and a Week of Social Activism
With World Food Day on Tuesday, and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Wednesday, and more, it was a busy week for activists everywhere! This week on Pinterest, we’re sharing a few of our favorite pins from the causes we supported and promoted this week. Check them out, see if there’s any you’d Read more…
Tagged activism, Children, Deyl Kearin, Education, Ending Poverty, Hunger, infographic, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Malala Yousufzai, Malin Akerman, Opportunity International, photos, Poverty, Poverty Eradication Day, Sahara Desert, Students, UN Development Programme, UNDP, what we're pinning, World Food Day, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
What We’re Pinning: Powerful Women of the World
I can promise you that women working together–linked, informed and educated–can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. -Isabel Allende The following six women are some of the most celebrated, powerful and inspirational women around. But women and men everywhere–in every country and in all walks of life–can and do make a difference every Read more…
Tagged Cambodia, Half the Sky Movement, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Ireland, Jordan, Joyce Banda, Leymah Gbowee, Malawi, Mary Robinson, Nobel Peace Prize, photos, Pinterest, president, Queen Noor, Somaly Mam, what we're pinning, Women, Women Leaders, women's empowerment
What We’re Pinning: Dedication to Education
Seventy percent of the 130 million children around the world who are not in school are girls. But with more education, girls marry later and have fewer children, the country’s economy improves and government corruption even declines! Those are just a few of the reasons why we’re so committed to educating kids around the world. Read more…
What We’re Pinning: Today, a Message of Understanding with Pins for Peace
Today, in honor of the UN International Day of Peace, we’ve created “Pins for Peace,” promoting messages of non-violence, understanding and compassion. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, “Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.” Opportunity provides financial services around the world because we know that when economies are Read more…
Tagged Albert Einstein, Community, Dalai Lama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Financial services, Indira Gandhi, international day of peace, Kofi Annan, Marianne Williamson, Mother Teresa, nelson mandela, peace, Pinterest, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Social Media, Twitter, United Nations, what we're pinning
What We’re Pinning: FUNdraisers
Every non-profit needs donors and fundraisers to survive. But it’s the most fun when the donors become fundraisers, and use their creativity to raise support for a cause they really care about. This week, we pinned a few of our favorite fundraising ideas that were done for Opportunity, or that we just thought looked like Read more…
Tagged Community, Donations, Ending Poverty, fundraisers, Global Poverty, Jump for Opportunity, Live Below the Line, Microfinance, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Pinterest, staff, Technology, what we're pinning, yao-los angeles
What We’re Pinning: Cities Around the World
Opportunity works in more than 20 countries around the world, and many of our clients live in urban areas. So this week, we pinned some of our favorite urban landscapes from countries that we work in. What’s your favorite city in the world?
Tagged Africa, Asia, Colombia, Community, Ending Poverty, Kampala, Kenya, Kigali, Mexico, Nairobi, Opportunity International, photos, Pinterest, Rwanda, slums, Social Media, south america, The Philippines, Uganda, urban, what we're pinning
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
What We’re Pinning: Words to Live By
What is it about a good quote that captures our attention and tugs at our heartstrings? Pinterest is full of quotes—some funny, some sad, and many are truly inspirational. So here’s a few of our favorite quotes we found on Pinterest this week. We hope they’ll inspire you too!
Tagged Children, Half the Sky, Invisible Children, Mother Teresa, photo blog, Pinterest, quotes, Sevenly, Social Media, what we're pinning, Women
What We’re Pinning: Farming Around the World
A lot of our work focuses on smallholder farmers—helping them increase productivity, build food security, and giving them the financial tools they need to succeed. So this week on Pinterest, we wanted to share our favorite agriculture pins in honor of farmers around the world who work so hard to provide food for their communities. Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, Agriculture, chilis, Coffee, Colombia, farming, India, infographic, olives, Philippines, rice, South Africa, subsistence farming, what we're pinning, wheat
