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Christy Turlington Burns Visits Opportunity Tanzania with Every Mother Counts

By Opportunity International on September 12, 2012

At the end of August, Christy Turlington Burns, Opportunity International partner, model and philanthropist, took a day out from her family vacation in Tanzania to see our Arusha branch. Christy is the founder of Every Mother Counts, an advocacy and mobilization campaign that increases education and support for maternal mortality worldwide, and the director/producer of Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Loan officer, Loans, Local Staffing, Microinsurance, Our Work, Strategic Partners, Training
Tagged Arusha, Christy Turlington Burns, Clients, Ending Poverty, Esther John Mark, Every Mother Counts, Financial services, Health insurance, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Loans, local staffing, Malaria, malnutrition, Microensure, Microfinance, No Woman No Cry, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Ryan Lynch, Stanley Tsikirayi, Tanzania

What We’re Reading: ONE Blog–”1 percent: A matter of life and death”

By Guest Post on March 16, 2011

The following post, “1 percent: A matter of life and death” by Malaka Gharib, was published on the ONE Blog on March 4, 2011. It encourages readers to take action to let the government know that they oppose budget cuts for people living in poverty around the world. The ONE Campaign needs around 4,000 more names Read more…

Posted in What We're Reading
Tagged Advocacy, Blog, Blogging, budget, Congress, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, foreign aid, Foreign assistance, GDP, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, Global Poverty, global security, Government, Guest Post, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, humanitarian, Malaria, Microfinance, natural disasters, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, peace, PEPFAR, petition, Political advocacy, Poverty, senator, Tuberculosis, US Government, USAID

What We’re Watching: Bill Gates On Aspirational & Actionable 2011 Annual Letter

By Opportunity International on February 25, 2011

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…

Posted in Resources, Rural Outreach, Strategic Partners, What We're Reading
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

What We’re Reading: “To Fight Poverty, Invest in Girls” (Time Magazine)

By Opportunity International on February 16, 2011

Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series, featuring pieces that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity International. 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 post Read more…

Posted in Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, What We're Reading, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Banking on Education, Children, Community, Dominican Republic, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Girls, India, Investing in Women and Girls, Malaria, Malawi, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Students, Time Magazine, Uganda, United Nations, WFP, what we're reading, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, World Bank, World Food Programme

News from ONE: Rwanda gives $1 million to the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

By Opportunity International on November 11, 2010

The following is a blog post published on the ONE Campaign’s blog yesterday, Nov. 10, written by Malaka Gharib. Here’s some really cool news–we just caught wind that Rwanda is donating $1 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. According to a press release, Rwanda is the fourth African country to contribute Read more…

Posted in Events, Local Staffing, Microfinance Conference, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, AIDS, alice gasatura, Clients, Conference, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Global Fund, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loan Officer, Loans, Malaria, MFI, Microfinance, Millennium Development Goals, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Poverty, Rwanda, Tuberculosis, UN Millennium Campaign, Un millennium development goals, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Join ONE, Melinda Gates, & Melanne Verveer

By Ruth-Anne Renaud on March 27, 2010

Here’s another opportunity to learn how you can become a more effective advocate in the fight against global poverty. Our friends at ONE are sponsoring an interactive conference next week with Melinda Gates and Melanne Verveer, the first-ever U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. It’s easy to join in. Just RSVP with your telephone number Read more…

Posted in Events, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged AIDS, Build businesses, Children, Community, Global Poverty, Global Women's Issues, Malaria, Melanne Verveer, Melinda Gates, Microfinanc, ONE, Schools, U.S. Ambassador, Women

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