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In the News: NPR’s The World and the Impact of Microinsurance

At Opportunity International, we’re always excited to see stories that reflect what we know to be true: that microinsurance is a vital financial tool for people living in chronic poverty throughout the developing world. On Monday, Jan. 17, PRI’s The World broadcast a piece on NPR about microinsurance policyholders in Barranquilla, Colombia who are taking greater advantage of Read more…

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A Working Session at CGIU: Alleviating Global Poverty

Recently, I had the privilege of participating in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) in Miami, Fla. I was a table facilitator at two “working sessions” in which I collaborated with student leaders committed to effecting global change. With me at the conference was Liesel Pritzker, founder and chair of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO), Read more…

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