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What We’re Watching: IDP Rising Schools Brings Better Education to Ghanaian Kids

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. An uneducated society has no future. About IDP A growing body of research reveals many of the world’s most impoverished parents choose to send their children to private schools instead of subsidized or free government schools. These private schools are owned and operated by local school proprietors Read more…

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Class Is in Session at Neighborhood School Near Kumasi, Ghana

As U.S. students settle into the new school year, we check in with a Ghanaian school in the IDP Rising Schools Program, an initiative created and implemented by the IDP Foundation, Inc., in partnership with Opportunity International and Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT),  which funds the development of quality local private schools in Ghana through school proprietor loans and other financial and Read more…

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Spotlight on Educational Microfinance & IDP Rising Schools: Students of the World (SOW) Meets Students & Educators in Ghana

The Students of the World (SOW) Boston team is in Ghana all this month visiting Opportunity Ghana‘s microfinance operations and documenting their experiences in a diverse array of photos, posts and more on their blog. You can see all their updates and content on their site, and stay tuned to the Opportunity Blog and our Facebook Read more…

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Happy Easter from Opportunity International

As we celebrate Easter, a season of rebirth and renewal, we are also reminded of the rebirth and recovery of our clients all over the world who are creating change in their lives and improving their futures. Meet Faustina Amoah, just one of the many Opportunity International clients who have been able to transform their Read more…

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Irene D. Pritzker, and Attendees of World Leadership Forum Dinner, Reflect on her Global Philanthropy Award and the Work of IDP Rising Schools Program

“We have created a new way to educate millions of poor children – who like all children, have big dreams.” -Irene D. Pritzker, accepting the Global Philanthropy Award at the Foreign Policy Association World Leadership Forum Dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010  On Wednesday night, Irene D. Pritzker, co-founder and president of IDP Foundation, Inc., Read more…

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