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Opportunity Colombia Receives Operational Banking License, Bringing Microfinance to More Impoverished Colombians
On Friday, June 22, the Superintendency of Finance in Bogotá, Colombia, granted Colombia the final operational banking license it needs to be a deposit-taking and full service bank. Opportunity Colombia‘s CEO Enrique Ordonez and his staff began the process of applying for this license 18 months ago in January 2011, and through perseverance, financial support, and a Read more…
Tagged Bank Building, Banking, Banking license, Bogotá, Clients, Colombia, displaced persons, Enrique Ordonez, Financial Access, Financial services, Global Poverty, Jon Yasuda, Latin America, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, news, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Prayer, Savings, Spanish, Supporters, Training, Trust Groups, violence
Share the National Day of Prayer with Us
Today is the National Day of Prayer, officially marked as a day to “mobilize prayer in America and to encourage personal repentance and righteousness in the culture,” and listed on nationaldayofprayer.org alongside the scripture, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” (Psalm 33:12) At we’re celebrating the day by sharing our prayers–for our loved Read more…
Tagged Community, Facebook, National Day of Prayer, Opportunity International, Pinterest, Prayer, Psalm, Social Media, staff, Supporters
At Lent, How Do You Recharge to Find Purpose?
As we near the end of winter and enter spring, many of us celebrate Lent, the six weeks leading up to Easter. It’s a time of quiet and peace, as winter leaves a stillness in the air, as if the earth itself is holding its breath waiting in anticipation for new life in the Easter Read more…
Tagged Client, Easter, faith, Faith in Action, God, Lent, Opportunity International, Prayer, reflection, Trust Groups
“They Gave Their Lives to the Most Noble of Causes.”
Opportunity International is profoundly saddened and offers condolences to the families of the passengers and crew members who were killed in a United Nations plane crash on Monday while landing at N’Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The passengers included staff from the United Nations and international organizations and NGOs serving in Read more…
Our Prayers Are With the People of Japan
In the days since the 8.9-magnitude earthquake (which was upgraded to 9.0) struck Japan on Friday, March 11, followed by the devastating tsunami, we at Opportunity, like the entire world, have been watching the scenes of destruction and listening to reports in the media, incredulous and deeply saddened by the news. It seems astonishing that Read more…
Tagged BBC, Community, Earthquake, Events, Global Giving, Japan, natural disasters, new york times, NPR, Prayer, Red Cross, Tsunami, Unicef, Washington Post, what we're reading, World Vision
What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions?
Around the office at Opportunity-US, our staff are gearing up today for the first work day of 2011! And we’ve got a lot of New Year’s resolutions to make this year great–some are big, some are small. Here now are just a few of our goals for 2011: Put my clothes away every single day instead Read more…
Tagged Chicago, Children, faith, Family, New Year, New year's resolutions, Opportunity International, Opportunity-US, Prayer, staff
Please Join Us for the National Day of Prayer
Today, May 6th, is the National Day of Prayer. Please take a moment today to join Opportunity International in prayer… …For our clients that they would be empowered to transform their lives spiritually, socially and economically. …For their families and communities that there would be justice and peace in families and communities involved with Opportunity. …For our Read more…
Tagged National Day of Prayer, Opportunity International, Poverty, Prayer
