by Leslie | Sep 27, 2016 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
To date, iZōsh® has collected and loaned out $118,680 to 277 women entrepreneurs working to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Periodically we get updates on some of our loan recipients: Nejmeh from Jordan runs a clothing store. iZōsh funded her loan at our...
by Leslie | Apr 20, 2016 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
There is a great amount of diversity among our loan recipients. They come from many countries and many walks of life. This is the story of Janeth in the Philippines. We funded her loan at our October, 2014 iZōsh® event in Ann Arbor. For the last six years, Janeth has...
by Leslie | Sep 3, 2015 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
Many Ann Arbor-area residents were introduced to iZōsh® at Q Commons Ann Arbor, held on September 24, 2015. The Q Commons mission is simply to “advance good” in local communities. iZosh chair Robin Phillips was one of a group of local speakers and...
by Natalie | Mar 15, 2015 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
There is a great amount of diversity among iZōsh® loan recipients. They come from many countries on many continents. This is the story of Perive of Samoa. We funded her October 2014. Perive primarily utilized her loan to buy new tires and spare parts to fix her taxi....
by Leslie | Feb 9, 2015 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
Did you watch the premier of A Path Appears, the new series on PBS by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (authors of Half the Sky)? It’s about sex trafficking here in the United States and features some courageous people who are doing something about it. The...
by Leslie | Sep 14, 2014 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
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...
