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On Mother’s Day We Honor Judith, a Microfinance Client & Mother Who Inspires, Empowers and Loves

By Guest Post on May 8, 2011

The following is a guest post by Olivia Schultz, an intern in the marketing department at Opportunity International. You may have seen her picture on our website and Facebook page, in USA Today, or on a postcard for our Mother’s Day Gift Cards. In honor of Mother’s Day, we celebrate the story of Opportunity Kenya Read more…

Posted in Events, Loans, Local Staffing, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Africa, Banking on Women, Bungoma, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Gift Cards, Judith Godiah, Kenya, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mother's Day, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Kenya, Poverty, Savings, School, USA Today, videos, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy

Mama Rosemary Offers Hope & Education to Children Affected by AIDS

By Opportunity International on November 29, 2010

“Love for children is deep in my heart,” says Rosemary Namande of Uganda, affectionately known as Mama Rosemary. “God has blessed me with the ability to care for hundreds of them.” Forty years ago, Rosemary opened a school for infants in makeshift quarters. Today, thanks to tireless determination and Opportunity International loans, five permanent buildings Read more…

Posted in Events, Faith in Action, Local Staffing, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Our Work, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Children, Client Stories, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity Uganda, Poverty, Rosemary, Rosemary Namande, School, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Students, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010, Youth

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Education as a Solution

By Guest Post on June 25, 2010

Guest blogger and Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) member Julie Hindmarsh sends us this report while on WON’s “Mothers, Daughters and Sisters” Insight Trip to Uganda. What a thrill to visit a school that has received loans from Opportunity Uganda! Maria Nassaka’s husband started the school in 2000 with only 50 children. When he died in Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Savings, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Banking on Education, Children, Daughters, Dominican Republic, Ending Poverty, Ghana, Girl, Half the Sky, Loans, Malawi, Mothers, Nicholas D. Kristof, Opportunity Uganda, Savings account, School, School fees, Sheryl WuDunn, Sisters, Teachers, Trust Group, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, WON Uganda Insight Trip 2010

Happy Father’s Day from Opportunity

By Emily Riemer on June 20, 2010

Today we honor the love, support and strength of fathers everywhere… Fathers like Donasian Mbiry. Opportunity client Donasian owns a small shop in the Ilala Bugoni neighborhood of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He built his store himself with a wood frame and corrugated steel roof, selling household goods like rice, flour and cooking oil. He Read more…

Posted in OptINnow, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work
Tagged Children, Client, Client Stories, Education, Father's Day, Fathers, Holiday, School, Tanzania

Two Days of Discovery in Uganda

By Ruth-Anne Renaud on February 8, 2010

Cynthia Greenwood, Opportunity’s public relations specialist, and I recently traveled to Uganda and Kenya to capture the stories of Opportunity’s clients, programs, loan officers and services. We started our trip in Kampala, Uganda, where we spent two days discovering the intersections amongst our clients: a school proprietor, a Trust group, marketplace vendors, and children that Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Loans, Local Staffing, Microinsurance, Our Mission and Vision, Rural Outreach, Savings, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged AIDS, Banking on Education, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Education, Financial services, Kenya, Loan Officers, Loans, Savings, School, School fee loans, Training, Trust Group, Uganda, Women

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