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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
A Better Future for the Congo: Developing the Next Generation of Congolese Fathers
The following post by Kadita “A.T.” Tshibaka, member of Opportunity’s , was originally published in The Huffington Post on Friday, June 15. The original post is here. My greatest challenge as a father has been the moments of terror when my children were gravely ill, and we thought we were going to lose them. It happened with Read more…
Tagged Africa, Board of Directors, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, DR Congo, DRC, Father's Day, Fathers, Financial services, Kadita "A.T." Tshibaka, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity DRC, Opportunity International, Training, violence
Fathering Opportunity: Meeting Congolese Client and Father Figure Papa Roger
The following post is by Harry Turner, CEO of Opportunity’s Global Microfinance Operations, recounting his recent trip to DR Congo where he met Papa Roger, an extraordinary father and a father figure to a group of 17 orphaned young men. On our trip we visited client Papa Roger. There couldn’t be a more holistic view Read more…
Tagged Africa, Clients, Community, DR Congo, DRC, Dreams, Father's Day, Fathers, Financial services, Harry Turner, Kinshasa, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity DRC, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Savings
Top 5 Posts About Tanzania
Journey to Tanzania by revisiting some of Opportunity‘s best blog posts from this spring… 1. Arusha Bank Branch Opening in Tanzania, by YAO multimedia reporter AJ Renold (5/19/10) 2. Happy Father’s Day from Opportunity (6/20/10) 3. The Important Role of Women in Tanzania, on International Women’s Day (3/8/10) 4. Why We’re Excited About the Tanzania Read more…
Tagged Banks, Clients, Fathers, Microfinance, OptINnow, Tanzania, Women
