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...
iZōsh May 2 with Vicki Escarra & Carly Fiorina
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...
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...
Looking back and looking forward with iZōsh!
Throughout history and around the world, women have been tricked, coerced, sold, and then secretly trafficked to places far from home, where they have been enslaved and abused. At our next iZosh event, on Friday, January 24, 2014, we’ll learn from author Kristin Wong...
Our October Event
On Saturday morning, October 26th, over a hundred women once again filled the room at Huron Hills Church eager and ready to make a change in the world. They did this through granting micro-loans to their sisters in extreme poverty. Senait Fisseha shared her story and...
Our Upcoming Guest Speaker: Senait Fisseha
We are eagerly anticipating an informative and powerful morning October 26th from 9:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. We are fortunate enough to have Senait Fisseha, MD, JD, an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Chief of the Division of Reproductive...
Preparing for Our Next iZōsh Event and Loan Updates
We hope you have had a restful summer and are preparing for the advent of fall. We are looking forward to our next iZōsh event on Saturday, October 26th, at 9:00 a.m. and wanted to let you know some details surrounding our time together. The book discussion for our...
Another Amazing iZōsh Event!
Once again, On Saturday, April 26, almost a hundred women gathered to learn about the oppression of women today. We helped lift women around the world out of extreme poverty by reducing their risk of oppression through the granting of micro-loans. It was another...
Gender Based Violence and Half the Sky
Mark your calendars now for our next iZōsh event on April 27, 2013. Please note this is a Saturday morning - and we will meet from 9 - 11 a.m. The book discussion for this event will focus on chapters four and five of Half the Sky. In these chapters, authors Kristoff...
Ann Arbor Chapter Hosts Spring Virtual Event
On April 10, 2021, the Ann Arbor Chapter hosted their first virtual Event, with 61 women in attendance. The Event opened with a welcome from Vice Chair Ellie Collman, inviting everyone to use the chat window to introduce themselves and tell where they were joining...
iZōsh Maine’s Virtual Event
February 8, 2021 iZōsh Maine Virtual Event Wrap-Up The short story: $8,075 was raised, 100% of which went to fund 39 micro-loans to deserving women from Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana and Philippines through Opportunity International. Every loan directly impacts an...
Ann Arbor’s Own Microfinance Organization Lifts Women Up Globally
We are honored to be featured in the Winter 2021 issue of Crazy Wisdom Journal! Check out their article, "iZōsh: Ann Arbor’s Own Microfinance Organization Lifts Women Up Globally," to learn about how the iZōsh ministry got started, and how it's grown since then. Photo...
iZōsh Birmingham Chapter Hosts Virtual Fall Event
On Friday, November 20, forty-five women from across the country gathered via Zoom to learn, give, and celebrate the joy of empowering women. Through the compassion and generosity of iZōsh®️ Birmingham members and guests, they were able to grant $7,450 in micro-loans...
iZōsh International is Praying for Peace in Ethiopia
Women in extreme poverty face many challenges. We learned about a particular challenge when we added Healing Hands of Joy in Ethiopia as one of our portals for micro-loans that help women living in extreme poverty with fistula. These women are literally the poorest of...