Past Events
A Toast to Tanzania
Featuring special guest Frida Mungoma from Opportunity Uganda. Join young professionals, entrepreneurs and philanthropists alike in celebration of poverty alleviation through microfinance. The evening will feature a firsthand look at microfinance from Ugandan staff member Frida, traditional African dance, raffle prizes, and more. Contribute to the impact of the night! Support the Toast to Tanzania…
Tunes for Tanzania
Get out on a chilly Tuesday night! Join YAO – Chicago on November 8th for their BIG annual concert of local bands, raffle prizes and fun folks! Proceeds benefit Tanzanian entrepreneurs with loans to help them work their way out of poverty. Click here to see highlights from last years Tunes for Tanzania. Local Music…
Chocolate Run 2011
Run for Chocolate AND Charity. Sounds too sweet to be true? Well, it’s not. Enter the December holidays by joining the DC Chapter of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) on Saturday, December 3rd for a run around the National Harbor. Ghirardelli Chocolate isn’t the only perk of D.C.’s sweetest race event of 2011. You’ll also…
Happy YAO’er
Join YAO-NY at La Biblioteca for This Month’s Happy YAO’er! Unwind with great drinks and ambiance, mix and mingle with microfinance enthusiasts, and reconnect after a successful Toast to Tanzania, where we raised over $10,000 to support microfinance efforts in Tanzania. Check out the Facebook Event » No RSVP Necessary. Questions? Email: yao.nychapter@gmail.com
Christmas Wine Tasting
Don’t miss it! Celebrate Christmas with YAO-LA at ugo wine bar in Culver City and support a great cause While you have fun with your friends tasting wines from ugo’s extensive selection and trying amazing Italian tapas, you can make a difference in the lives of people living in poverty in Tanzania. Just tell ugo…
YAO – Minnesota and Board of Governors Networking Hunt
For details and to sign up, contact Peter Deanovic at Peter.Deanovic@carval.com or 612-968-3728. Cost: $100 donation to Opportunity International Location Traxler’s Hunting Preserve 37699 Hunting Preserve Lane Le Center, MN 56057 View Larger Map
YAO – Chicago Holiday Bash
There’s enough bad news and tough decisions these days. We’re proposing an easy decision in the midst of it all – come deck the halls with holiday cheer and forget about the worries of work, school and life for an evening. Our party this year is simply about being together as a community. Meet up…
2012 Kickoff: Discuss Microfinance & Re-Connect
We are planning to have a 2012 Kick-off Event on January 5th at Pinstripes in Edina. This will be a chance for everyone, no matter your involvement, to connect and learn about how to support microfinance. We have had a few different events this year focused on fundraising and networking, but this event will kick…
Lunch & Learn: Meet Transformation Manager, Linda Godinho
Please join us Monday, January 16 for an informal lunch-and-learn with Transformation Manager, Linda Godinho of Opportunity Mozambique. Meet Linda at her first stop on her tour of the U.S. Chicago-area supporters, we invite you to bring your lunch and your questions to our Oak Brook office to meet Linda and learn about her work….
Women Hold Up Half the Sky
Join the members of YAO-LA on Saturday, January 28th at 1:30 p.m. at the Skirball Cultural Center to experience the groundbreaking exhibition Women Hold Up Half the Sky, inspired by the critically acclaimed book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. We will be participating…