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Give Yourself the Gift of Insight in 2011
An Opportunity International Insight Trip is one of the most inspiring, significant travel experiences you will ever have. On an Insight Trip you will… Meet our hardworking clients and dedicated local staff in person See the impact Opportunity has on communities Travel on special side trips and excursions like safaris We have big travel plans in 2011. Read more…
Tagged Africa, Board of Governors, Clients, Colombia, Community, Ending Poverty, Financial services, India, Insight Trip, Insight Trips, International Women's Day, Kenya, Loan Officer, Loans, local staff, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Philippines, Poverty, Rwanda, Tanzania, Travel, Uganda, Women's Opportunity Network, WON, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Happy New Year! Thanks For a Great 2010
At Opportunity International, we’re grateful for an exciting and productive year for our efforts to alleviate global poverty. In 2010, thanks to supporters and staff around the world, we achieved many of our goals and were able to serve even more clients working their way out of poverty. Just a few highlights from 2010: Meeting the experts Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, Colombia, Conference, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Gates Foundation, Holiday, Insight Trip, Kenya, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Conference, New Year, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Poverty, spring 2010 microfinance conference, The UPS Foundation, Uganda
Global Poverty on College Campuses: The Two Dollar a Day Challenge
Today, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, manager of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) presented about Opportunity’s partnership with the Two Dollar Challenge (TDC) organization to the Development Assistance Task Force at the U.S. Summit for Global Citizenship. Here are a few highlights from Sonya’s presentation… At Opportunity, we feel strongly that young adults in the U.S. have the skills, broad Read more…
Tagged 2010 US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, Campus, College, Colombia, Conference, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Hunger, Kenya, Microfinance, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Opportunity Kenya, OptINnow, Poverty, Schools, Shawn Humphrey, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, Students, TDC, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, University, University of Mary Washington, US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, US Summit Citizen Diplomacy, Washington D.C., YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
A Closer Look: Opportunity’s Work in Colombia
Opportunity International’s very first loan was made in Colombia in 1975. Since then, Opportunity Colombia has been working to provide stable financial systems to reduce unemployment, social unrest and violence in the country. And it’s working to become a national-scale bank offering loans, savings, insurance and training to Colombians living in poverty. Opportunity Colombia’s current initiatives: • Launching Read more…
Tagged Clients, Colombia, Entreprenuership, Financial Access, Financial services, Insight Trip, Insurance, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Savings, Technology, Training
Here’s a Meaningful Easter Gift Idea
Are you looking for a special gift to put in your child’s or grandchild’s Easter basket amidst the brightly colored eggs and chocolates? Consider an OptINnow gift card (starting at just $25) to help teach youngsters about the importance of giving back out of the many blessings your family has received. Later that day, spend a Read more…
Tagged Business Loan, Children, Colombia, Easter, Entrepreneurs, Ghana, Gift Cards, Gift Idea, Holiday, Kenya, Mexico, OptINnow, Philippines
Opportunity Partners with Two Dollar Challenge: Student Program Makes Poverty a Reality
Opportunity International is pleased to announce our partnership with Two Dollar Challenge (TDC), an organization based out of the University of Mary Washington (UMW) in Fredericksburg, Va. The program, where students live or eat on just $2 per day for one week, raises money for Opportunity Trust Groups in Kenya and Colombia through our peer-to-peer lending website, OptINnow. This initiative Read more…
Tagged College, Colombia, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Fundraising, Hunger, Indiana University, Kenya, ohio northern university, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Schools, Students, TDC, Trust Groups, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, Two Dollar Challenge, University, University of Chicago, University of Mary Washington, westminster college, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
