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Happy Labor Day to Our Hard-Working Clients

By Opportunity International on September 6, 2010

Labor Day in the U.S. is a century-old holiday–a tribute to trade and labor–that honors workers and their families. For Opportunity clients in the developing world, often self-employed entrepreneurs, providing for the future can be a difficult struggle. So on this Labor Day, we honor all of our clients who work hard every day to provide Read more…

Posted in Events, Loans, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged Children, Client Stories, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Guadalajara, Higher education, Holiday, labor day, Loans, Mexico, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, opportunity mexico, Poverty, Schools, Students, Training, Trust Groups, University, Women

#Mifimon: Microfinance and Higher Education

By Guest Post on February 26, 2010

The following is a guest post from Andres Hammer, an intern at MF Transparency. Our mid-February #mifimon topic was: “microfinance and higher education.” One of the panelists was Chuck Waterfield @chuckwaterfield, who has 25 years of experience in microfinance, is on the faculty of Columbia University/SIPA, and is CEO & president of MicroFinance Transparency. Chuck’s course at SIPA teaches Read more…

Posted in Our Mission and Vision, Our Work
Tagged #MifiMon, Alexandra Fiorillo, Chuck Waterfield, Columbia University, Coursework, Education, Higher education, Intern, MFI, Microfinance, MicroFinance Transparency, Professional training, Schools, Social Entrepreneurship, Teaching, Two Dollar Challenge, Undergraduate, University

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