Tag: micro-loans

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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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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Next Book for March 20th Event

Excitement is building for our March 20th iZōsh event at Huron Hills Church. We are eager to welcome our speaker, Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker, Sophia Kruz, to share her latest film project about empowering women. Our book for this upcoming event is photojournalist Paola Gianturco’s compelling work: Women Who Light The Dark. In addition…
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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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Recap: Our May 2 Event

Last Friday we celebrated the most money given in a single iZōsh event since we began meeting in 2012. We are happy to report that $12,353 was generously given and $12,353 was generously sent out to 31 women around the world! Just over 160 women were seated in the auditorium of Huron Hills. Volunteers had…
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From Refugee to Entrepreneur

Meet Martha. Martha and her family lived on a farm in Huila, a province in the southern part of Colombia. Huila is one of the areas marred by fighting between the illegal armed groups and the army. Martha occasionally handed out lemonade to members of the army in an attempt to feel safe. But in…
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Meet Our Special Guests for the May 2 Event

Join us Friday, May 2nd for an evening with Vicki Escarra, Chief Executive Officer of Opportunity International and a live Skype conversation with Carly Fiorina, Opportunity International’s Global Ambassador. Our evening will include a joint presentation from Vicki and Carly, followed by a Question & Answer session with Vicki, in addition to granting loans to…
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Recap: Our January 24 Event

On Friday night 170 Ann Arbor area women gathered at Huron Hills Church North and extended $12,180 in micro-loans to 36 women living in extreme poverty in 13 countries. iZōsh has granted 112 loans equaling $49,166 in the last 15 months. To see the women who had their loans granted last night click here. In…
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Exciting News About Our Upcoming Event!

A week from Friday, on January 24th from 7-9 pm at Huron Hills Church, we will be having our winter iZōsh event! Now is the time to remind your friends and colleagues about this exciting evening of helping to transform the lives of women who are seeking to lift themselves out of the extreme poverty…
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