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Spotlight on Educational Microfinance & IDP Rising Schools: Students of the World (SOW) Meets Students & Educators in Ghana

By Guest Post on June 30, 2011

The Students of the World (SOW) Boston team is in Ghana all this month visiting Opportunity Ghana‘s microfinance operations and documenting their experiences in a diverse array of photos, posts and more on their blog. You can see all their updates and content on their site, and stay tuned to the Opportunity Blog and our Facebook Read more…

Posted in Events, Insight Trips, Loans, Our Work, Resources, Strategic Partners
Tagged Africa, Blog, Children, Clients, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, guest blog, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, irene pritzker, Kumasi, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, SAT, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Sinapi Aba Trust, Social Media, Students, Students of the World, Youth

What We’re Reading: “Microfinance: Women’s Way Out”

By Opportunity International on December 22, 2010

Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–-tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Loans, Local Staffing, Microinsurance, Our Work, Savings, Training, Trust Groups, What We're Reading, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Dorothy Tendero, Education, Education finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, Gates Foundation, Girls, Global Center for Women's Land Rights, Insight Trip, Insurance, Investing in Women and Girls, Julie Hindmarsh, ladybird infant primary school, Loans, Mariam Noah, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Millennium Development Goals, Mobile Banking, Mothers, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rosemary, Rosemary Namande, Ruth-Anne Renaud, Savings, Schools, Students, The Case for Support: Bringing Opportunity to Women, Training, Trust Groups, Uganda, UN Millennium Campaign, Un millennium development goals, what we're reading, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WomenEntrepreneur.com, WON

Today, We Celebrate Universal Children’s Day

By Lydia Baldridge Meier on November 20, 2010

Today, Saturday, Nov. 20, is Universal Children’s Day, as set by the United Nations. Time Magazine reports today on a new survey that gives voice to children living in poverty. The Small Voices, Big Dreams survey questioned children ages 10-12, in 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Conducted by ChildFund Alliance, a group of global Read more…

Posted in Events, Where We Work
Tagged Banking on Education, ChildFund Alliance, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Kampala, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Opportunity Uganda, Rise and Shine School, Schools, Students, Trust Groups, Uganda, United Nations, Universal Children's Day

Irene D. Pritzker, and Attendees of World Leadership Forum Dinner, Reflect on her Global Philanthropy Award and the Work of IDP Rising Schools Program

By Opportunity International on September 28, 2010

“We have created a new way to educate millions of poor children – who like all children, have big dreams.” -Irene D. Pritzker, accepting the Global Philanthropy Award at the Foreign Policy Association World Leadership Forum Dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 On Wednesday night, Irene D. Pritzker, co-founder and president of IDP Foundation, Inc., Read more…

Posted in Events, Our Work, Strategic Partners
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, Banking on Education, Bill Morgenstern, Children, Clients, Community, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, foreign policy association, Ghana, Global Philanthropy Award, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, irene pritzker, Jennifer Mitrenga, Lillian Covington, Loans, Microfinance, Millennium Development Goals, NGO, Poverty, Schools, Sinapi Aba Trust, strategic partners, UN Millennium Campaign, Un millennium development goals, UNESCO, United Nations, World Leadership Forum

3 Breakout Sessions Not to Miss at Fall Microfinance Conference

By Emily Riemer on September 20, 2010

At Opportunity’s Fall Microfinance Conference, Oct. 8-9, in Washington, D.C., the days will be packed with breakout sessions and presentations from microfinance experts, international visitors and globally-minded individuals passionate about eradicating poverty. For me, this will be my first Opportunity microfinance conference[/intlink], and I’m really looking forward to hearing from guest speakers[/intlink] like Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheryl Read more…

Posted in Board of Governors, Events, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Strategic Partners, Technology
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Banking on Education, biometric technology, biometrics, Board of Governors, Board of Governors Conference, Cell phone banking, Clients, Community, Conference, Daryl Skoog, Dominican Republic, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Ghana, Global Philanthropy, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, John Magnay, Loans, Malawi, Maria Otero, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Conference, Mobile Banking, Mobile Phones, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, opportunity microfinance conference, Philanthropy, Poverty, pulitzer prize, Roger Thurow, Savings, Schools, Sheryl WuDunn, Students, Technology, Tony Hall, Uganda, Washington D.C.

Irene Pritzker, IDP Foundation, Honored with Global Philanthropy Award

By Opportunity International on September 17, 2010

Opportunity International congratulates Irene Pritzker, co-founder and president of the IDP Foundation, Inc., who will be honored with the Foreign Policy Association’s Global Philanthropy Award at the World Leadership Forum Dinner on Sept. 22, 2010. The IDP Foundation is a strategic partner[/intlink] to Opportunity International, working with us on campaigns to promote education and educational Read more…

Posted in Events, Our Work, Strategic Partners, Where We Work
Tagged Education, Education finance, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, foreign policy association, Ghana, Global Philanthropy, Global Philanthropy Award, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, irene pritzker, Microfinance, Opportunity International, strategic partners, world policy forum

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