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Serving the Whole Person with Opportunity’s Transformation Program

By Opportunity International on December 7, 2012

“It’s the dignity of it” was how one African loan client expressed herself to an off-duty staff member standing in line at an Opportunity International bank. She knew she had achieved success through the work of her own hands. Four million such stories play out each day all over the world as Opportunity strives to Read more…

Posted in Loan officer, Local Staffing, Our Method, Our Mission and Vision, Transformation, Trust Groups, What We're Reading
Tagged Africa, Asia, chief transformation officer, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Daniel Ryumugabe, Ending Poverty, Financial services, gypsies, holistic transformation, Impact, Impact newsletter, India, Loan Officer, local staff, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Opportunity Rwanda, Poverty, Rwanda, spiritual transformation, Transformation, Trust Groups, Valamarthi

Opportunity Teams Battle Hurricane Sandy & Cyclone Neelam at Home and Abroad

By Emily Riemer on November 1, 2012

As many of our own Opportunity team members along the East Coast of the U.S. await power and water services following Hurricane Sandy, we join the rest of America in mourning the loss of life and the destruction of property. We applaud our first responders and the many public officials guiding us through these trying Read more…

Posted in Events, In the News, Loans, Microinsurance, Our Leadership, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged CEO, Chennai, cyclone, Events, Global Microfinance Operations, GO Finance, Habitat for Humanity, Harry Turner, in the news, India, Loans, MFI, Microensure, Microinsurance, natural disasters, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Sam Chandar, Tamil Nadu

Meeting Each of Us Where We Are

By Guest Post on August 23, 2012

The following post was written by Rich McClure, a member of Opportunity’s Board of Governors, about his Insight Trip last week to India. As I finished an impactful Insight Trip to see Opportunity’s operations in Chennai, India, I was convicted again by Jesus’s example of meeting people where they are. No matter how a person Read more…

Posted in Board of Governors, Faith in Action, Insight Trips, Where We Work
Tagged Asia, Board of Governors, Chennai, christianity, Clients, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, Global Poverty, GO Finance, God, India, Insight Trip, Jesus Christ, Loans, Lord, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Training, Transformation

A Story of Service: A Trust Group Helps Keep their Community Clean

By Opportunity International on June 13, 2012

Seventeen women make up Opportunity India’s called Samudram. These women have received and to grow their businesses and increase their income, bringing hope to their families for a brighter future. They celebrated their success by “paying it forward”–making a difference in their communities. Trash pickup is not a high priority in the slum area of Read more…

Posted in Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Asia, Chennai, Client Stories, Clients, Community, community service, Ending Poverty, Financial services, India, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Trust Groups

Look Good, Do Good

By Ally Lynch on February 2, 2012

This week only, the social entrepreneurs at Sevenly selected Opportunity International as their featured nonprofit, designing t-shirts and a hoodie for sale to benefit our work. They were especially inspired by our work in India, focusing their week-long campaign on our microfinance there, especially health insurance through our microinsurance subsidiary MicroEnsure. After all, our financial services Read more…

Posted in Microinsurance, Strategic Partners, Technology, Where We Work
Tagged Health insurance, India, Microensure, Microinsurance, Opportunity India, Sevenly, strategic partners, Technology

Celebrating Independence Day around the World

By Opportunity International on July 4, 2011

On Independence Day, Americans celebrate with fireworks, barbeques, and joyous gatherings. We celebrate our “Americanness” whole-heartedly today and believe our national identity is a representation of the freedom that we gained in 1776. With that being said, none of us were alive in 1776! In fact, the majority of us don’t have relatives that were Read more…

Posted in Events, Loans, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged Blantyre, Chennai, Clients, Deepa, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Fourth of July, Ghana, Global Poverty, Holiday, Independence, Independence Day, India, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Women

Finding Empowerment in a Trust Group at an Indian Leprosy Colony

By Guest Post on April 1, 2011

The following guest post was written by Julie Hindmarsh. Julie is a clinical instructor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, Md. specializing in public health and global health care. She is a member of the Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) and serves on the board of Opportunity’s microinsurance subsidiary MicroEnsure. She sends this Read more…

Posted in Events, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Blogging, Chennai, Conference, Empowerment, Financial services, GO Finance, Growing Opportunity, Guest Post, India, Julie Hindmarsh, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Opportunity Network, Trust Groups, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

A Glimpse into Trust Groups: Day 3 in Chennai, India

By Guest Post on March 9, 2011

The following post was written by Opportunity International supporter Eric Schade, traveling on our International Women’s Day Insight Trip to India this week. Here, he talks about meeting with two local U.S. diplomats in Chennai and a 12-member Trust Group of Chennai women at their regular meetings. Breakfast… This morning, an officer from the U.S. Read more…

Posted in Board of Governors, Insight Trips, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Our Work, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Blog, Chennai, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Ending Poverty, Financial services, GO Finance, Growing Opportunity, India, Insight Trip, IWD Insight Trip 2011, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Trust Groups, videos, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Female Empowerment at the International Women’s Day Festival in Chennai

By Guest Post on March 8, 2011

The following post was written by Opportunity International supporter Eric Schade, traveling on our International Women’s Day Insight Trip to India this week. Here, he reflects on the International Women’s Day celebrations he saw in Chennai on day two into his travels. Female empowerment. That was the theme of today’s International Woman’s Day festival, loud and clear. With inspirational Read more…

Posted in Events, Insight Trips, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Chennai, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Economic development, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, GO Finance, Growing Opportunity, India, Insight Trip, Investing in Women and Girls, IWD Insight Trip 2011, Loans, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rural Outreach, Schools, Trust Groups, videos, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2011 with the Clients of Opportunity India

By Guest Post on March 8, 2011

The following post was submitted by Jill Dailey Smith, direct from her travels in Chennai, India on an Opportunity International Insight Trip in honor of International Women’s Day. Smith is an Opportunity supporter based in River Forest, Ill. She’s a member of the Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) and serves on our Board of Directors. For Read more…

Posted in Events, Insight Trips, Local Staffing, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Technology, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Chennai, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, GO Finance, Growing Opportunity, India, Insight Trip, International Women's Day, IWD Insight Trip 2011, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Trust Groups, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

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