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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

Impressions from My First Day in Chennai

By Guest Post on March 7, 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 all he’s seen and heard, and the extraordinary people he’s met, just one day into his travels. From the street… A Widow’s Tale The life of a widow in India is Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Local Staffing
Tagged Chennai, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Ending Poverty, Financial services, GO Finance, Growing Opportunity, India, Insight Trip, International Women's Day, IWD Insight Trip 2011, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Schools, Students, Trust Groups, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, Youth

Day One: Meeting Clients on My Insight Trip to Chennai, India

By Guest Post on March 7, 2011

Posted in Insight Trips, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Chennai, Client Stories, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, GO Finance, Growing Opportunity, India, Insight Trip, International Women's Day, IWD Insight Trip 2011, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

The UPS Foundation Awards Grant to Expand Opportunity’s Microfinance Services in India

By Opportunity International on December 1, 2010

Today, we announced that The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS, has awarded Opportunity International a grant in the amount of $100,000. The grant fosters economic literacy, as well as improves access to affordable microfinance services in India. “Opportunity International is grateful to The UPS Foundation for its dedication to helping impoverished families receive access Read more…

Posted in Loans, Local Staffing, Microinsurance, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Savings, Strategic Partners, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Clients, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Female entrepreneurs, Financial literacy programs, Financial services, GO, Health insurance, India, Insurance, Loan Officer, Loans, Media, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Philanthropy, Poverty, Professional training, Savings, Sheela, strategic partners, The UPS Foundation, Training, Transformational Training, Trust Groups, Women

Andhra Pradesh: Will the Crisis Spread Throughout India?

By Rob Meloche on November 19, 2010

In mid-October, the government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh passed an ordinance severely restricting the operations of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the region. The controversial action was taken after local officials complained of wide-spread abuses in the rapidly growing for-profit microfinance sector; the MFIs have challenged the ordinance in the state’s high Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Our Work, Rural Outreach, Savings, Technology, What We're Reading, Where We Work
Tagged Agricultural finance, Andhra Pradesh, Bank Building, Bank for the poor, CGAP, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, India, Insurance, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rural Outreach, Savings, SEEP Network, Smart Campaign, Technology, Training

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