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My Life Changing Experience: What I learned from a Woman Leader
The following is a guest post by Darcy St. John. The events described below took place on November 23rd, 2009. Yesterday was life-changing. I could write a book about this one part of my visit to Nicaragua, so describing it in a few paragraphs is going to be a challenge. I’ll start at the beginning. The Read more…
Tagged Client Stories, Community, Education, How Strong Women Lead, Loan Officer, Loans, Mothers, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Opportunity Nicaragua, Poverty, Ruth-Anne, Trust Group, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Philanthropy
With a Grateful Heart I: Mrs. Jabalasa’s Potatoes and Promise
This year as we stock up on pumpkin and pecans, cook our Thanksgiving meals and recount our blessings, I am reminded of those who provide their communities with food. In particular, I’m thinking of an Opportunity International client with a food retail business who has found security in financial services this year. Mrs. Jabalasa has a successful potato Read more…
Tagged Client Stories, Clients, Financial services, Malawi, Savings account, Thanksgiving
Spotlight from the Field: Irene Tebukoza
From time to time, we get the pleasure of hosting our international staff here in the US. One such staff member is Irene Tebukoza, a loan officer supervisor in Uganda. While here in our head office, Irene offered stories of her work in Uganda, from accounts of her daily routine to inspirational stories about the Read more…
Tagged Client Stories, Clients, Community, Education, International Visitor, Irene Tebukoza, Loan Officer, Loans, Schools, Uganda
Spotlight from the Field: Maria Felix Gallardo Hernandez
Pots bubble, bread rises, and tortillas simmer as Maria does what she does every day: builds a better life for her family. And makes plans expand her business. And dreams of enrolling herself in school for the first time. If you were to ask Maria how old she is, she would reply (nonchalantly), “Sesenta y Read more…
Tagged Chapala, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Education, Entrepreneurs, Mexico, Trust Groups, Women
Board of Governors Conference Recap #BOG09
Whether in the telling or the hearing, stories have power. Through them the endless varieties of human experience are revealed to us and through us, inviting us to discover meaning… find compassion… and perhaps glean wisdom and hope from the dramas of our shared humanity. Stories–our clients’ and ours–was the theme of the Opportunity International Read more…
Tagged #BOG09, Board of Governors, Board of Governors Conference, Caterpillar Foundation, Client Stories, Conference, Education, Loan Officer, Peter Thorrington, South Africa, William Ball, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Live: A Report from Opportunity’s Colombia Staff #BOG09
Jim Frantz and Olga Perez have dedicated their lives to serving the poor. Working at our bank in Opportunity Colombia, they see triumph and heartbreak. Their story today was one of transformation. Colombia is an exciting place for microfinance. With almost 50% of Colombians living below the poverty line, and with so many displaced people, Read more…
Tagged #BOG09, Board of Governors, Client Stories, Clients, Colombia, Jim Frantz, Loan Officer, Microfinance, Olga Perez, Opportunity Colombia, Trust Groups
Live: Roger Thurow Insists There is "Enough." #BOG09
Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman’s compelling book Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty tells the story of the world’s food. It raises the question of supply and demand, which is easy to understand even if you were not an economics major. There is enough food to feed everyone in the world. Read more…
Tagged #BOG09, Africa, and Kenya, Board of Governors, Board of Governors Conference, Client Stories, Conference, Crop insurance, Enough, Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, Ethiopia, Farmer, Francis Pelekamoyo, Ghana, Hunger, Loans, Malawi, Mozambique, Opportunity International, Passion, Roger Thurow, Rural lending, Rwanda, Scott Kilman, Sought Africa
Daniel Taylor: Tell Me A Story #BOG09
Hi! Let me tell you a story. Doesn’t your body, your soul just lean in a bit when you hear that? Oh please, tell me! Human beings live in stories. Today, Opportunity International’s Board of Governors begins its fall conference – Share her story, Change your world. Daniel Taylor, a professor of literature and writing at Read more…
Live: CEO Kadita "A.T." Tshibaka Kicks off the Board of Governors Conference #BOG09
I have always admired Opportunity International CEO Kadita “A.T.” Tshibaka. He has a way of coming into a room and making everyone feel special. And blessed. And happy. And empowered. He is able to connect with everyone–from a client in the field to a banking executive. Today is no exception. “A.T.” (as he is warmly called by Read more…
Spotlight from the Field: Naomi and her Royal Seed Orphanage
Naomi. I have never met a woman so determined to make a difference. Her bright eyes sparkled, her hands showed the toughness that comes from work, and from her mouth poured words of encouragement and empowerment. I had the pleasure to meet Naomi and tour her Royal Seed Orphanage in Ghana while on an Insight Read more…
Tagged Client Stories, Education, Ghana, Insight Trip, Loans, Opportunity International, Orphanage, Orphans, Schools, Women
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