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World AIDS Day 2011: Ending AIDS in a Generation

By Emily Riemer on December 1, 2011

Today, Thursday, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. This year’s theme, Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS-related deaths, is an optimistic one but there is good reason to hope. The latest Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS indicates that increased access to HIV services has resulted Read more…

Posted in Events, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Ban Ki-moon, Bono, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Health, Hillary Clinton, HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Mozambique, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Poverty, President Barack Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Rwanda, Secretary of State, Training, UN Secretary-General, UNAIDS, Unicef, United Nations, World Aids Day, World Health Organization, YouTube

In South Africa this Week, Tomorrow’s World Leaders Usher in Hope for the Future

By Lydia Baldridge Meier on December 14, 2010

Yesterday, December 13, was the start of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Pretoria, South Africa, the largest youth festival in the world. More than 500 young people from around the world are gathering all this week, Dec. 13-21, to discuss social, political and economic issues that affect their generation. Youth represent a growing Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Events, Loans, Our Work, Training, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, apartheid, Bank Building, Client Stories, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial services, Francis Pelekamoyo, HIV/AIDS, Loan repayment, Loans, Manfred Kuhn, MFI, nelson mandela, Opportunity International, Opportunity South Africa, South Africa, Students, Training, World Festival of Youth and Students, Youth

The Power to Fight AIDS: A Mozambiquan Microfinance Client Shows His Strength

By Opportunity International on November 30, 2010

This week, Wednesday, Dec. 1 marks the 22nd annual World AIDS Day. Since 1988, it has become one of the most recognized international health days and provides a key opportunity each year to raise awareness, remember those who have been victims of AIDS, and celebrate progress in the fight against this devastating epidemic. We all Read more…

Posted in Events, Faith in Action, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, banco oportunidade de mocambique, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mozambique, Opportunity International, opportunity mozambique, Orphans, Poverty, Students, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010, Youth

Mama Rosemary Offers Hope & Education to Children Affected by AIDS

By Opportunity International on November 29, 2010

“Love for children is deep in my heart,” says Rosemary Namande of Uganda, affectionately known as Mama Rosemary. “God has blessed me with the ability to care for hundreds of them.” Forty years ago, Rosemary opened a school for infants in makeshift quarters. Today, thanks to tireless determination and Opportunity International loans, five permanent buildings Read more…

Posted in Events, Faith in Action, Local Staffing, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Children, Client Stories, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, Rosemary, Rosemary Namande, School, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Students, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010, Youth

News from ONE: Rwanda gives $1 million to the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

By Opportunity International on November 11, 2010

The following is a blog post published on the ONE Campaign’s blog yesterday, Nov. 10, written by Malaka Gharib. Here’s some really cool news–we just caught wind that Rwanda is donating $1 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. According to a press release, Rwanda is the fourth African country to contribute Read more…

Posted in Events, Local Staffing, Microfinance Conference, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, AIDS, alice gasatura, Clients, Conference, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loan Officer, Loans, Malaria, MFI, Microfinance, Millennium Development Goals, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Poverty, Rwanda, Tuberculosis, UN Millennium Campaign, Un millennium development goals, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Join ONE, Melinda Gates, & Melanne Verveer

By Ruth-Anne Renaud on March 27, 2010

Here’s another opportunity to learn how you can become a more effective advocate in the fight against global poverty. Our friends at ONE are sponsoring an interactive conference next week with Melinda Gates and Melanne Verveer, the first-ever U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. It’s easy to join in. Just RSVP with your telephone number Read more…

Posted in Events, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged AIDS, Build businesses, Children, Community, Global Poverty, Global Women's Issues, Malaria, Melanne Verveer, Melinda Gates, Microfinanc, ONE, Schools, U.S. Ambassador, Women

Strong Women: The Heart of Community in Kampala, Uganda

By Cynthia Greenwood on March 7, 2010

I woke up today, on the eve of International Women’s Day, thinking about the remarkable women clients I met on a recent trip to Kampala to visit Opportunity Uganda’s operations. For me, these women give new meaning to the words “hardworking,” “committed,” “brave,” and “strong.” Opportunity Loan Officer Charity Namutebi works out of the Read more…

Posted in Loans, Local Staffing, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Our Work, Savings, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged $2 a day, AIDS, Build businesses, Charity Namutebi, Client Stories, Community, International Women's Day, Loan Officer, Loans, Mariam Noah, Nuulu Nankya, Opportunity Uganda, Orphans, Ruth Nassimbwa, Savings, Schools, Trust Groups, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Two Days of Discovery in Uganda

By Ruth-Anne Renaud on February 8, 2010

Cynthia Greenwood, Opportunity’s public relations specialist, and I recently traveled to Uganda and Kenya to capture the stories of Opportunity’s clients, programs, loan officers and services. We started our trip in Kampala, Uganda, where we spent two days discovering the intersections amongst our clients: a school proprietor, a Trust group, marketplace vendors, and children that Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Loans, Local Staffing, Microinsurance, Our Mission and Vision, Rural Outreach, Savings, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged AIDS, Banking on Education, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Education, Financial services, Kenya, Loan Officers, Loans, Savings, School, School fee loans, Training, Trust Group, Uganda, Women

World AIDS Day: Lending Hope to Africa

By Sonja Egeland Kelly on December 1, 2009

AIDS continues to devastate sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty million people have died already, leaving 14 million orphans behind. Without decisive action, millions more will die, at the rate of over 6,600 a day. This figure is likely to increase because of the 9,500 new daily infections in Africa alone. Today marks World AIDS Day. The day Read more…

Posted in Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Crisis, Dorothy Kanjautso, Education, HIV/AIDS, Loans, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Training, Trust Groups, Women, World Aids Day

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