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Deyl Kearin Runs 155-Mile Ultramarathon Sahara Race to End Poverty
This post was written by Deyl Kearin, supporter and member of the Board of Governors, who’s en route right now to Egypt for an ultramarathon, Sahara Race, starting October 28. He’ll run the equivalent of six marathons in six and a half days — a total of 155 miles (250 kilometers) — to help Opportunity’s clients in Read more…
Tagged Africa, Board of Governors, Clients, donors, Egypt, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, fundraisers, Global Poverty, Loans, Microfinance, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Poverty, race, running, Sahara Desert, Social Media, sub-Saharan Africa, Training, Trust Groups, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
It’s World Teachers’ Day!
“Take a stand for teachers!” is the slogan of World Teachers’ Day 2012 today, which UNESCO celebrates with its partners, the International Labour Organization, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International (EI). Opportunity is so proud to honor teachers like Rosemary Namande, who educates hundreds of kids at the Nadulu Infant Primary School in Kampala, Uganda, boarding Read more…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, educators, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, Loans, love, Microfinance, Nadulu Infant, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Rosemary Namande, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Send a Girl to School, Students, Teachers, Uganda, Women, world teachers day, Youth
Meeting Each of Us Where We Are
The following post was written by Rich McClure, a member of Opportunity’s Board of Governors, about his Insight Trip last week to India. As I finished an impactful Insight Trip to see Opportunity’s operations in Chennai, India, I was convicted again by Jesus’s example of meeting people where they are. No matter how a person Read more…
Tagged Asia, Board of Governors, Chennai, christianity, Clients, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, Global Poverty, GO Finance, God, India, Insight Trip, Jesus Christ, Loans, Lord, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Training, Transformation
What We’re Reading: Dr. Paul Farmer in Mountains Beyond Mountains
Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” I have this quote on my desk, handwritten on a blue Post-it note. Sometimes when I read it, I feel an inexplicable urge to straighten my posture and focus my attention more intently on my Read more…
The Passing of Ross Clemenger, a Pioneer of Opportunity Colombia
We were saddened to learn that one of ’s earliest supporters, Ross Clemenger, died unexpectedly on Sunday morning at the age of 88. More than forty years ago, Ross helped Opportunity make its first loan to client Carlos Moreno in Colombia, and the Canadian native was the first executive director and the founder of AGAPE, Read more…
Tagged agape, Carlos Moreno, Clients, Colombia, Ending Poverty, faith, Faith in Action, Financial services, Global Poverty, God, Implementing Members, In memoriam, Jim Frantz, Latin America, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mitzi Machado, Opportunity Canada, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Ross Clemenger, support members, Transformation
What Makes a Good Father? Opportunity Colombia’s Chief Transformation Officer on Fatherhood and the Male Trust Group Project
Happy Father’s Day! As we celebrate with the fathers in our lives today, we’re examining what qualities make a good dad. For a group of our clients in a pilot project in Colombia, they’re examining that question in depth, and developing their leadership skills as men and fathers. In the post below, Jim Frantz, Opportunity Read more…
Tagged Children, Clients, Colombia, Community, Faith in Action, Family, Father's Day, Fathers, God, Jim Frantz, Latin America, local staff, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Proverbs, spouses, Training, Trust Group, wife
Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Freedom for One Another
In my work as a writer for , I think a lot about what inspires people, and I spend at least an equal amount of time considering what inspires me. To be truthful, when I look at the world around me, I often feel as though we (as a collective) have no heroes. Or, rather, Read more…
Tagged anti-Semitism, Christa Countryman, christian, christianity, Christians, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Easter, Ending Poverty, faith, Faith in Action, Germany, Global Poverty, God, Jesus Christ, justice, Microfinance, pastor, Poverty, racial injustice, social justice, theologian, theology
At Lent, How Do You Recharge to Find Purpose?
As we near the end of winter and enter spring, many of us celebrate Lent, the six weeks leading up to Easter. It’s a time of quiet and peace, as winter leaves a stillness in the air, as if the earth itself is holding its breath waiting in anticipation for new life in the Easter Read more…
Tagged Client, Easter, faith, Faith in Action, God, Lent, Opportunity International, Prayer, reflection, Trust Groups
