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Illinois Congressman Rep. Peter Roskam Visits Opportunity’s Oak Brook Offices, Following a Visit to Ghana
This past Wednesday, June 8, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (IL-6th) stopped by Opportunity’s Oak Brook, Ill. offices to learn more about our work. During his visit, he toured the office, met many members of our US staff, and had a meeting with a few members of our senior staff, including Opportunity CEO Bill Morgenstern, Senior Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill Morgenstern, Community, Congress, Dennis Ripley, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, global development, Global Poverty, Insurance, Legislation, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rep. Peter Roskam, Savings, Simona Haiduc, sub-Saharan Africa, Training
ONE Blog: “Creating Jobs for Africans: An interview with Ambassador Marantis”
The following interview of Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, conducted by the ONE Campaign‘s Malaka Gharib, was originally published on the ONE Blog on Monday, June 6, 2011. I had the huge honor of interviewing Ambassador Demetrios Marantis for our Trade = Development blog series. He plays a leading role in enforcing the Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ambassador, Business, business leaders, Congress, Development, Ending Poverty, global development, Global Poverty, global trade, Legislation, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Poverty, Poverty in Africa, President Obama, sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Ambassador, Women, Zambia
Supporting Smallholder Farmers and Laying the Groundwork to End Hunger
To end hunger, we need to grow more food in the developing world. But as we all know, before you plant the seeds, you must prepare the soil. In order to grow more food in the developing world, we must invest in agricultural training, infrastructure and systems that will empower farmers, countries and continents to Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Congress, Ending Hunger, Feed the Future Guide, Food security, Hunger, hunger fast, John Magnay, Opportunity International, President Bush, President Obama, Rajiv Shah, rural savings, Smallholder farmer, Tony Hall, U.S. Ambassador, UN, USAID
Ambassador Tony Hall Fasts to Bring Attention to Global Hunger
“Opportunity International is honored to stand in prayer and fasting with our dear friend, Ambassador Tony Hall. He reminds us that we must begin this work by examining our own hearts, and that together we can bring an end to poverty.” -Bill Morgenstern, CEO, Opportunity International Today, Ambassador Tony Hall, who serves on our Board Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Advocacy, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill Morgenstern, Bread for the World, budget, Congress, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Food security, Global Poverty, Hunger, hunger fast, Loans, malnutrition, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Conference, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Political advocacy, Poverty, sojourners, Tony Hall
Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam Visits Opportunity’s Microfinance Operations in Ghana
Over the years, Opportunity International has had the honor of hosting a variety of congressional delegations and international dignitaries. Congressman Peter Roskam, a Wheaton, Ill. Republican and House Chief Deputy Whip, traveling with Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush, spent the early part of this week in Ghana, leading a bipartisan fact-finding mission focused on trade, energy and Read more…
Tagged 10000 women initiative, 10k Women, accra, Africa, Agricultural finance, Bank, Banking on Women, Bill Morgenstern, Congress, Education, Emerging Leaders, emerging leaders program, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Goldman Sachs, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Millennium Village, Millennium Villages Project, Oak Brook, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, The Daily Herald, what we're reading
What We’re Reading: ONE Blog–”1 percent: A matter of life and death”
The following post, “1 percent: A matter of life and death” by Malaka Gharib, was published on the ONE Blog on March 4, 2011. It encourages readers to take action to let the government know that they oppose budget cuts for people living in poverty around the world. The ONE Campaign needs around 4,000 more names Read more…
Tagged Advocacy, Blog, Blogging, budget, Congress, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, foreign aid, Foreign assistance, GDP, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Global Poverty, global security, Government, Guest Post, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, humanitarian, Malaria, Microfinance, natural disasters, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, peace, PEPFAR, petition, Political advocacy, Poverty, senator, Tuberculosis, US Government, USAID
ONE Blog: A “Tale of Two Budgets” that Could Help Alleviate Global Poverty
The following post was published today on the ONE Blog, entitled “A Tale of Two Budgets” and written by Larry Nowels, it’s about the budgets currently in Congress that could have a significant impact on the U.S.’s support of programs to reduce global poverty. Read the original ONE Blog post here. Over the past 10 days, Read more…
Tagged afghanistan, Congress, Ending Poverty, Feed the Future Guide, Financial services, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Global Health Initiative, Global Poverty, Iraq, Loans, Microfinance, Nuulu Nankya, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Pakistan, Poverty, President Obama, Senate, Uganda, US Government, USAID, Women
Get Involved in Giving GROWTH a Chance
About the GROWTH Act Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive (GROWTH) Act (S.1425) is an innovative bill that is currently being discussed in Congress. It will give greater economic opportunities to women and families living in poverty. This bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Durbin, Richard (IL) on July 9, 2009. Read more…
Tagged Congress, Education, Financial Access, Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive, GROWTH Act, Healthcare, Nutrition, Philipines, Poverty, Senate, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Richard Durbin, Susy Cheston, Women
Congress provides more money for microfinance
Let’s celebrate the increase in appropriations for microfinance and microenterprise development for FY2010. It grew from $245 million to $265 million—terrific in a tight budget year. (This is pending a final vote but reflects the conference report from the House and Senate and is likely to pass.) Also, we are thrilled that Congress has put Read more…
