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Spotlight on Educational Microfinance & IDP Rising Schools: Students of the World (SOW) Meets Students & Educators in Ghana
The Students of the World (SOW) Boston team is in Ghana all this month visiting Opportunity Ghana‘s microfinance operations and documenting their experiences in a diverse array of photos, posts and more on their blog. You can see all their updates and content on their site, and stay tuned to the Opportunity Blog and our Facebook Read more…
Tagged Africa, Blog, Children, Clients, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, guest blog, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, irene pritzker, Kumasi, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, SAT, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Sinapi Aba Trust, Social Media, Students, Students of the World, Youth
Day 3: Striving to Have Enough — Opportunities for Colombian People Through Savings
The following travel post was written by David Gardner, a member of the Opportunity International Board of Governors and co-founder of The Motley Fool, a multimedia financial services company, living in Washington, D.C. with his wife Margaret and their teenage children. The Gardners are traveling right now on the Opportunity Family Week Insight Trip to Read more…
Day 1: Family Week Insight Trip to See the Country, Meet the People of Colombia
This week, supporters are traveling on the Family Week Insight Trip to Colombia. The following travel blog post was written by Katherine Gardner, teenage daughter of David and Margaret, reflecting on Day 1 of her family’s Colombian journey with Opportunity. Today was the first day of our Colombia Insight Trip. As we boarded our bus, gleaming Read more…
Tagged Bogotá, Clients, Colombia, Colombia Family Week Trip 2011, Community, Ending Poverty, family week trip, Financial services, Guest Post, Insight Trip, Jesus Christ, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Spanish, Training, Trust Groups, Women
MicroEnsure Wins Financial Times/International Finance Corporation Sustainable Finance Award
The following news announcement appeared on MicroEnsure’s website on Friday, June 17. MicroEnsure has won the FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Award in the category Achievement in Financing at the Base of the Pyramid. The awards, organized by the Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, were announced on Thursday, Read more…
Tagged Cell Phones, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Financial Times, funeral insurance, Ghana, Global Poverty, Healthcare, Insurance, International finance corporation, life insurance, Loans, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Mobile Banking, Mobile Phones, Opportunity International, Poverty, Richard Leftley, what we're reading, World Bank
Palm Soup and Fufu: Elizabeth Mensah’s Chop Bar
The Students of the World (SOW) Boston team is in Ghana all this month visiting Opportunity Ghana‘s microfinance operations and documenting their experiences in a diverse array of photos, posts and more on their blog. You can see all their updates and content on their site, and stay tuned to the Opportunity Blog and our Facebook Read more…
Traveling with Students of the World (SOW): Seeing the Impact of Microfinance on Opportunity Clients in Ghana
The Students of the World (SOW) Boston team is in Ghana all this month visiting Opportunity Ghana‘s microfinance operations and documenting their experiences in a diverse array of photos, posts and more on their blog. You can see all their updates and content on their site, and stay tuned to the Opportunity Blog and our Facebook Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, ashanti, Blog, Blogging, bonsaaso, Cell Phones, Clients, cocoa, Community, Ending Poverty, Farmers, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Social Media, Students, Students of the World, Travel, Trust Group, Youth
What We’re Watching: New Short Film by MicroEnsure on Cashless & Low-Cost Health Insurance in India
The following video was published in a blog post on microensure.com on June 14. MicroEnsure, a subsidiary of Opportunity International, is the world’s first microinsurance intermediary, and it serves people living in poverty with innovative products in crop, loan, health, life and property insurance, offering clients and their families a safety net when an unexpected Read more…
