A group of young professionals coming together with Opportunity International, a world leader in microfinance initiatives, to transform lives and communities around the globe.
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Young Ambassadors for Opportunity Although not mentioned specifically in this article Opportunity was one of the first to start offering our clients savings accounts. Rather than putting the savings in wooden boxes we offer regulated savings accounts. All donations that YAO raises goes to offer not only microloans but savings as well.
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There’s evidence that one of the most effective tools to fight global poverty may be savings accounts.
Kat Just joined YAO, and I'm looking forward to getting more involved. Going to Rwanda created a strong sense of belonging there; I can't wait to go back and am looking for more ways to support the education and elevation of women in Rwanda.
Kat
I recently went to Rwanda to help with the first Miss Rwanda pageant since the genocide... It was an amazing elevation of women, and with be a key event in promoting education of young women http://www.katcole.com/2009/12/thoughts-
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Making the World a Better Place, One Person, Team & Business at a Time through Communication, Community, and Leadership. You Never Know What a Powerful Impact You Can Have on the Lives of Others and What Great Opportunities Await!
Ruth-Anne Renaud Filled with gratitude - a YAO supporter just went to www.optinnow.org and fulfilled all the loans posted on the site! What a tremendous year end gift for so many hard working Opportunity microloan clients. AND - our super OptINnow team have just loaded up the site with some new loans. Keep it coming good people!
OptINnow - End Global Poverty. Faster. Microfinance services for the poor in Kenya, Ghana, Mexico, C
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Pledge to end global poverty faster. How? You give a gift that funds a loan. That loan builds a business. And that business helps hard working families out of poverty. Forever. But here's the big difference: when the loan is repaid, it's recycled, and loaned again and again. ...
Young Ambassadors for Opportunity RT @everygirlblog: RT @rarenaud: Check out "Girly Done Differently Gift Guide for 2009" on the http://bit.ly/5iYf2O. Guess that makes @optinnow hip & impac ...
Young Ambassadors for Opportunity Learn about technology's role in microfinance, read the review of this week's #Mifimon
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The following is a collaborative post from Grameen Foundation’s Edward Cable and Opportunity International’s Amy Carol Wolff.
Young Ambassadors for Opportunity Go deeper. Learn more. Check out the recent Opportunity blog post about YAO's initiative in Tanzania.
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Opportunity Tanzania has begun the transition to become a regulated deposit-taking institution. With the help and guidance of Opportunity’s Bank Building Team, Tanzania’s CEO, Peter Olivier expects to ...
Young Ambassadors for Opportunity Still looking for the perfect gift? OptINnow gift cards are a great way to give someone the gift of giving. http://bit.ly/6YQg4w
Alex Just got back from another fun weekend at Kenyon College where Jason Duff and myself gave a presentation on microfinance. We have video from the presentation, however I need to figure out a way to load an hour worth of video!
Young Ambassadors for Opportunity WSJ reporter finds that Tanzanians local to Kilimanjaro demand "HIV Education and Microfinance"
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The director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center writes in The Wall Street Journal that the glaciers on the famous peak, receding for more than a century, attract many tourists; the people of Tanzania attract much less attention.
Jason Duff A (BIG) shoutout and thank you to fellow YAO member Alex Kerr for doing such a great job for co-presenting and planning last night's event at Kenyon College on Microfinance and the great work of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity. Great things are happening at Kenyon and excited to see them take the next steps in working to serve the world's poor.
December 4, 2009 at 8:47am
Laura Come get into the Christmas spirit with YAO Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see you there :)
Celebrate the Holidays!
Location:Q Room
Time:5:00PM Sunday, December 13th
Alex
Hey everyone, I'm giving a seminar on microfinance and YAO tom at Kenyon College with Jason Duff. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qY7ND917
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Thursday, December 3rd, we'll be giving an introductory seminar on the world of microfinance and how it makes a difference in the lives of tens of millions. Tomisch 101, 7pm
