Events
Lunch & Learn with Esther Mark of Opportunity Tanzania
A Commitment to our Clients Meet Esther Mark, Arusha Branch Manager from Opportunity Tanzania. Chicago-area supporters, bring your lunch and your questions to our Oak Brook, Ill. office to meet Esther in person. To join remotely online or by phone, click the link below and follow step-by-step instructions. Learn how Esther inspires her staff and…
Camp Pendleton Mud Run
Join YAO-LA for a crazy fun day, for a great cause, at the Camp Pendleton Mud Run on June 10. This world famous mud run sells out super fast so don’t miss out and register ASAP! Three of the five days in June are already sold out! We’ll be setting up fundraisers for Opportunity International…
Microfinance Book Club
Join Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) and Young Ambassadors for Opportunity to discuss David Roodman’s Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance, the new microfinance book that everyone is buzzing about. Tickets: $5 (Pay at the door) Free for YAO Members & WAM This event is open to the public and all are welcome. Bring your…
An Opportunity Reception – Local Food for a Global Impact
Learn about the challenges facing small-scale subsistence farmers in Africa and how you can be a part of the solution. Join us at Virtue Feed & Grain, which features local and sustainable products throughout their menu. Every three out of four malnourished children in Africa are the sons and daughters of farmers. Most African farming…
Boston: Happy YAO’er
Join YAO – Boston for a fun hour or two of meeting and greeting. We’ll discuss May’s successful Boston Breakfast for Opportunity event and we’ll brainstorm upcoming summer activities for the chapter. Light appetizers provided. R.S.V.P. at our Facebook event www.facebook.com/events/135562323245116 We look forward to seeing you there! Add this event to your calendar from…
Connecting Communities: 2012 Social Innovation Award Night
Save the Date! We invite you to participate in the granting of YAO-Chicago’s 2012 Social Innovation Award. Save the date & watch this page for more details.
Insight Trip: Tanzania
Come join us for a time of incredible vision as you visit Opportunity International’s implementing partners in Arusha, Tanzania. Expect to increase your passion and commitment to help poor families in the developing world through microfinance. See for yourself the ripple effect of lives that have been touched and changed by the work of Opportunity….