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Vote for Opportunity: We’re a finalist in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2010

Opportunity International is one of 12 organizations selected out of a pool of 250 as a finalist in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge – Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations. Changemakers, along with National Geographic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) have chosen to recognize our work in Read more…

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Credit Suisse Microfinance Advocates Partner with Opportunity

Thank you to John Shon, Reference Data Group, Credit Suisse, for this guest blog post. The Credit Suisse Microfinance Advocates Network is an employee global network with the mission to promote microfinance to the rest of the bank. It is our goal to educate employees on current issues faced by the microfinance industry and to create Read more…

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Is access to financial services a human right?

Opportunity International’s April DuBois opened her presentation today at the 7th International Human Rights Forum in Lucerne, Switzerland, with this question. She and Opportunity’s Daryl Skoog  partnered with Fabian Huwyler of Credit Suisse to present a special workshop on “Electronic Wallets – Reaching More of the World’s Poor with Financial Access.” And back in the States, Read more…

Posted in Events, Loans, Microinsurance, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Savings, Technology, Training
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