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3 Ways Opportunity International Will Tackle Poverty in Mozambique This Year
Opportunity Mozambique is providing over 57,000 impoverished clients with loans, savings and insurance to catalyze sustainable economic development across the country. In 2013, Banco Oportunidade de Moçambique (BOM) will reach more impoverished families through the following three strategies, among others: Investing in Savings Expansion with New Products and Promotions. Savings help protect low-income families against Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, Clients, Financial Access, Financial services, Mozambique, Savings
“Hitting the Road” to Reach Rural Clients
Today, we are reaching the most marginalized families with a fleet of 23 mobile banking vans! invests in to deliver high-impact financial services to the most marginalized Africans living in rural areas. For many, this is their first experience with banking. With nearly all the capabilities of a bank branch, the armored vehicles enable clients Read more…
Tagged Abena Sarpong, Africa, ashanti, Beatrice Boaten, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Loan Officer, mobile banking vehicles, mobile banks, Mozambique, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, Uganda
What We’re Pinning: Our Favorite Global Recipes this Week on Pinterest
Pinterest is all about recipes. Finding them, sharing them, and then enjoying them are all part of the fun. Here are some of our favorite recipes from–or inspired by–a few of the countries where we work. Try some out and let us know what you think!
Tagged Colombia, India, Mexico, Mozambique, photo blog, Pinterest, Social Media, South Africa, The Philippines, what we're pinning
What We’re Reading: The World Bank’s Africa Can… End Poverty Blog
The World Bank’s blogs cover a wide range of global economic issues. One blog titled Africa Can… End Poverty is run by Shanta Devarajan who is the Chief Economist for Africa at The World Bank. As continues to expand its work in Africa, including agricultural finance, mobile banking, and financial literacy training, I have highlighted three blog posts Read more…
Tagged Africa, Africa Can... End Poverty, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Blogs, cassava, Cell phone banking, Cell Phones, Chile, Clients, Deanna Giolas, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Indiana University, Mozambique, Opportunity International, Poverty, Smallholder farmer, subsistence farming, The New York Times, The World Bank, what we're reading
Program Update: Opportunity Mozambique is Cultivating Hope among Smallholder Farmers
is helping smallholder farmers achieve optimum output to put more food on the family table and increase food security in their communities. We’re committed to helping farmers in sub-Saharan Africa transition from subsistence to economically- and commercially-active farming. Through an innovative and sustainable approach to agricultural finance, Opportunity provides products and services designed to achieve Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, chief transformation officer, Clients, crop yields, Ending Hunger, Farmers, financial literacy training, Food security, Global Poverty, Linda Godinho, Microfinance, Mozambique, Opportunity International, opportunity mozambique, pilot, Poverty, Rural Outreach, rural poverty, Smallholder farmer, sub-Saharan Africa, Training, Transformation, Transformational Training
Opportunity Mozambique is “Empowering Girls, Building the Future”
I just received this story from Mozambique that I wanted to share with you. The lovely staff of Opportunity Mozambique once again demonstrated their commitment to empowering and celebrating women by taking part in International Women’s Day 2012 in early April. Based on this year’s theme “Empowering Girls, Building the Future,” masses of women joined together Read more…
A Trip Down Memory Lane with Some New-Old Photos
We have a lot of great photos at Opportunity International. With all of the amazing clients we get to meet and all of the places we get to work, great pictures aren’t hard to come by. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts to keep them neatly organized, some of those photos get buried underneath all of Read more…
