This Week! Let’s help more women like Perive!

Natalie iZōsh: Women Investing in Women March 15, 2015 | 0

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 from many countries on many continents. This is the story of Perive of Samoa. We funded her October 2014.

Perive, October 2014, requesting a loan

Perive, March, 2014, paying back her loan

Perive primarily utilized her loan to buy new tires and spare parts to fix her taxi. She used the remainder of her loan to purchase fertilizer and a plant sprayer to help her farm the plot of land behind her home. Perive’s family was affected by the great tsunami of 2009. Her children are able to now attend school.

These funds serve more than just that of one woman, but whole families, and communities.

This week, we will gather to grant more loans to women like Perive, at our next iZōsh event, March 20th at 7 pm at Huron Hills Church.

EMMY award winning filmmaker Sophia Kruz will share with us about “The Role of Art in Global Women’s Empowerment”. This arts-focused theme will be a meaningful one and we hope you are there to join us.
Also, 2015 marks the beginning of our new biannual event schedule. This means that you will have 2 opportunities instead of 3 to generously give to empower women in extreme poverty around the world.

When you became a member of iZōsh you completed a commitment card that reflected your self-determined dues amount per meeting. If you would like to update your commitment card in light of our recent schedule change or have any questions regarding your dues please contact our treasurers, Carol Grafton and Dawn Perry, at
treasure (at) izosh.org.

See you soon!

Robin Phillips, iZōsh Chair
Colleen Dauw, iZōsh Vice Chair

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Testimonials

“With so many women in developing countries facing challenges with extreme poverty, it is very encouraging to see women get together to do something about 'it' - iZōsh is phenomenal . Keep up the good work!”

Mercy Niwe
Program Management Officer
Economic Development
World Vision

"The women of iZōsh are making a difference in women's lives before they become vulnerable to human trafficking. As the director of the Human Trafficking Clinic in Ann Arbor, I see the "after" situation, when women are victims, and I hope that someday iZōsh can help eradicate the need for what I do."

Bridgette Carr
Clinical Assistant Professor
Human Trafficking Clinic
University of Michigan Law School

"I was absolutely overwhelmed by the commitment of the women of iZōsh to serve others who live in poverty. I was equally touched to see teenage girls sharing this passion alongside women in their 90's. Caring for the poor connects us together in so many powerful ways, and to experience the excitement and determination of these American women who made it possible was priceless."

Joan Mussa
Senior Vice President
Director of Mobilization
World Vision

"I’m so impressed with all the work iZōsh has done around the world to advance education, health and opportunity."

Carly Fiorina
Opportunity International Global Ambassador
Founder of the One Woman Initiative

This Week! Let’s help more women like Perive!