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What We’re Watching: Bill Gates On Aspirational & Actionable 2011 Annual Letter
I believe it is in the rich world’s enlightened self-interest to continue investing in foreign aid. If societies can’t provide for people’s basic health, if they can’t feed and educate people, then their populations and problems will grow and the world will be a less stable place. –Bill Gates’ 2011 Annual Letter Bill Gates’ third annual Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, food aid, Food security, Gates Foundation, Ghana, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, Global Poverty, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loans, Malaria, Microfinance, Opportunity International, polio, Poverty, strategic partners, Teaching, vaccines, videos, WFP, what we're reading, Women, World Food Programme
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
It’s Coming: Less than 2 Days ’til Jump for Opportunity
It’s less than two days until the Jump for Opportunity in Orlando, Fla., where more than two dozen entrepreneurs and young professionals are jumping out of a plane at 18,000 feet to raise money and awareness for Opportunity’s clients in Tanzania. So, how can you help? There’s still time to donate to one of the Jumpers’ Read more…
Tagged Africa, Blogging, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Florida, fundraisers, Global Poverty, Jump for Opportunity, MFI, Microfinance, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Orlando, Poverty, Social Media, Tanzania, The Wall Street Journal, Twitter, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
Meet the Dedicated Individuals Jumping for Opportunity
On February 18-20 in Orlando, Fla., 25 Opportunity International supporters are jumping out of a plane at 18,000 feet to alleviate poverty in Tanzania. This dedicated group includes passionate business leaders and young entrepreneurs. Among them are CEOs Ryan Allis, author of the book Zero to One Million: How I Built a Company To $1 Million in Sales and How You Can Read more…
Tagged Africa, author, Bill Morgenstern, BusinessWeek, CEO, Clients, Community, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Events, Families, Financial services, Florida, fundraisers, Future of Entrepreneurship Summit, Global Poverty, Jump for Opportunity, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, OptINnow, Orlando, Poverty, Tanzania, Technology, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Got something to say? Review Opportunity on GreatNonprofits.org
We want to hear from you! Leave us a review at Great Nonprofits and tell the world about your experience volunteering, supporting or donating to Opportunity International. Why do you dedicate your hard-earned money and valuable time to support our work to alleviate global poverty? Share why you believe in the power of microfinance to help people work their Read more…
Tagged Blog, Board of Governors, Clients, Community, Donations, donor, Education, Ending Poverty, Events, Facebook, Financial services, fundraisers, Gift Cards, Global Poverty, Governors, great nonprofits, greatnonprofits.org, Insight Trip, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Blog, Opportunity International, OptINnow, OptINnow gift cards, Poverty, reviews, Twitter, Women's Opportunity Network, WON, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
What We’re Reading: The Impact of Microfinance at Home and Abroad
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…
Tagged $2 a day, Community, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, eradicating poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Loans, Media, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, small business loans, Training, what we're reading
Opportunity Ranked in Top 5 Microfinance Nonprofits by Philanthropedia
This week, Opportunity International was rated in the top 5 microfinance nonprofits by Philanthropedia, a charity-rating organization that evaluates nonprofit effectiveness through surveys of industry experts. To determine which nonprofits were making the biggest impact on microfinance at the international level, Philanthropedia surveyed 131 international microfinance experts with an average of 10 years of work Read more…
Tagged Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Philanthropy, Global Poverty, International development, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Nonprofit, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Philanthropedia, Philanthropy, Poverty
What We’re Reading: “Women Find Freedom through Land Ownership”
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…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Banking on Africa, Clients, Domestic violence, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Center for Women's Land Rights, Global Poverty, India, Investing in Women and Girls, Loans, Lydia Baldridge Meier, Malawi, MediaGlobal, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, U.N. Development Programme, Uganda, United Nations, violence, what we're reading, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, World Bank
Double Your Business’s Impact on Global Poverty with Caterpillar’s Matching Grant
Investing in microfinance through Opportunity International is the best, most efficient way that we’ve found through all of our philanthropic investments to make progress possible in the lives of people who need our help most. – Caterpillar Foundation Vice President Will Ball Caterpillar Foundation announces an aggressive, year-end $1 million challenge grant that will enable corporations Read more…
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