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So many reasons to celebrate! October 30th Recap

Last Friday, October 30, 2015, 113 women met at Huron Hills Church in Ann Arbor for its most recent night to gather, learn, give and celebrate the joy of empowering women living in extreme poverty. The evening began with an introductory video presenting background on the practice of genital cutting, still a part of the…
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iZosh is only 2 weeks away!

We hope you have your calendars marked for Friday night, two weeks from today, for the iZōsh event! Prepare for an evening of enlightenment, as we learn about strides being made to end female genital mutilation (FGM). And we’ll be funding micro loans — in real time — to women in extreme poverty around the…
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Q Commons Ann Arbor

Hopefully you already have October 30 highlighted on your fall calendars for our next iZosh event. If you’re having trouble waiting that long for an outstanding opportunity to do good, we encourage you to join us at Q Commons Ann Arbor on September 24 Please join us to hear Robin, along with other local and…
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This Week! Let’s help more women like Perive!

Our next iZōsh event is this week, and we hope you are planning to be there, and have invited your friends and neighbors. We are excited to gather again for many reasons, and one of the main ones is our loan recipients. There is a great amount of diversity among the loan recipients. They come…
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Featured Artists for March 20 Event

Join iZōsh Friday, March 20th, 2015 from 7:00­ to 9:00pm at Huron Hills North for an exciting event where we gather​, learn​, give​ and celebrate the joy of empowering women​. Our next event will address “​The Role of Art in Global Women’s Empowerment​.” ​ Together we will experience first­hand the impact that art can have…
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iZosh in October A Major Success

On October 24th, we held our seventh iZōsh event, which was one of the most successful to date. Over 150 women from around Ann Arbor gathered to gift a record $13,345 to 39 entrepreneurial women in extreme poverty. That brings our total to $74,864 to 182 women who are making a difference in their lives.…
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One Week Away from iZosh

The upcoming iZosh event on Friday, October 24 will take us back to our roots and provide a powerful reminder of the impact of micro loans in the lives of women. For part of the evening, we will “become” women in a Zambian women’s savings group as each table participates in a realistic role play.…
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October 24: Mercy Niwe Speaks on “Women, Extreme Poverty, and the Economic Ladder”

We are excited to introduce Mercy Niwe, our speaker for the October 24th iZosh event. Mercy is an economist who seeks to understand the complex dynamics surrounding international aid from donor countries to third-world recipients in a fight against poverty and its effects. The title of her talk is “Women, Extreme Poverty, and the Economic…
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Recommended Reading for October 24

For our October 24, 2014 iZosh event book discussion, we will revisit Half The Sky’s chapter 11: ” Microcredit: The Financial Revolution.” A compelling quote from Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, opens this chapter: “It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race. As study after study has taught us,…
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The Savings Group Model

Today, somewhere in a rural village in the developing world, a group of women will sit down in a circle, and pass a basket. They will say their names: “Elfinish,” “Awa,” “Rosalinda,” “Winnie,” and place their dues in the basket, often the equivalent of less than $0.10 US dollars. One woman may make a proposal,…
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