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What We’re Reading: Council on Foreign Relations, “Five Development Innovations to Watch in 2013″

By Emily Riemer on January 14, 2013

MicroEnsure, the microinsurance subsidiary founded by Opportunity International, was recently recognized by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as a “development innovation to watch in 2013.” In a blog post last month, CFR reported that MicroEnsure has “sign[ed] up a million [life insurance] customers [in Ghana] over 14 months, 85% of them new to insurance” by linking Read more…

Posted in Cell phone banking, Microinsurance, Our Work, Technology, What We're Reading, Where We Work
Tagged accra, Africa, Cell Phones, chronic poverty, Clients, Council on Foreign Relations, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Health insurance, life insurance, Microensure, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Risks, Rwanda, Tanzania, Technology, Tigo, Weather-index crop insurance

What We’re Reading: Malin Akerman’s Commitment to Opportunity featured in Us Weekly

By Emily Riemer on November 28, 2012

Malin Akerman — actress and Opportunity International supporter — was featured this week in the Dec. 3 print edition of “Us Weekly.” In it, Malin talks about her trip to Tanzania in March and her visit to see our entrepreneurial high school at Nicaragua in July. We’re thrilled to see Malin’s passion for our work Read more…

Posted in Donors, What We're Reading, Where We Work, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, Blog, donor, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Insight Trip, Latin America, Malin Akerman, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Poverty, Tanzania, Us Weekly, what we're reading, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity

Spotlight on Tanzanian Mother and Baby on Child Health Day

By Opportunity International on October 1, 2012

In the past, if a family member needed healthcare, Theresia John Kombe of Pangara, Tanzania, had to sell one of her chickens to pay for it. But as a coffee grower with the Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union (KNCU), Theresia was able to join a MicroEnsure health plan that is connected to a network of clinics. Read more…

Posted in Agricultural Finance, Client Stories, Events, Microinsurance, Where We Work
Tagged 2011 Annual Report, Africa, Children, coffee farmer, Events, Health insurance, Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union, Microensure, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Poverty, Tanzania

Christy Turlington Burns Visits Opportunity Tanzania with Every Mother Counts

By Opportunity International on September 12, 2012

At the end of August, Christy Turlington Burns, Opportunity International partner, model and philanthropist, took a day out from her family vacation in Tanzania to see our Arusha branch. Christy is the founder of Every Mother Counts, an advocacy and mobilization campaign that increases education and support for maternal mortality worldwide, and the director/producer of Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Loan officer, Loans, Local Staffing, Microinsurance, Our Work, Strategic Partners, Training
Tagged Arusha, Christy Turlington Burns, Clients, Ending Poverty, Esther John Mark, Every Mother Counts, Financial services, Health insurance, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Loans, local staffing, Malaria, malnutrition, Microensure, Microfinance, No Woman No Cry, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Ryan Lynch, Stanley Tsikirayi, Tanzania

The Fruits of their Labor

By Opportunity International on September 3, 2012

As we celebrate our Monday off for Labor Day, most of us don’t realize it’s a national holiday started by the labor movement to honor the achievements of working people with a much-needed day of rest. Our clients are some of the hardest-working people we know and so we wanted to take a moment to Read more…

Posted in Client Stories, Events, Loan officer, Loans, Training, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Asia, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Financial services, Global Poverty, Holiday, labor day, Loan Officer, Loans, Microfinance, National holiday, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Philippines, Savings, south america, Tanzania, Training

Meet Our Staff: How World Travel Brought Me Home to YAO

By Allison Kooser on September 1, 2012

For the past month, when people have asked me how I am doing, I have answered, “I’m living the dream!” As the new manager of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, I spend my days interacting with smart, motivated, and fascinating individuals, travelling around the country strengthening communities of like-minded people in YAO chapters, and developing plans Read more…

Posted in Events, Insight Trips, Meet Our Staff, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Where We Work, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Africa, chapters, Clients, Community, donor, El Salvador, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Insight Trip, Insurance, Loans, Meet Our Staff, Mexico, Microfinance, Nicaragua, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rwanda, Savings, south america, Tanzania, Training, Travel, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity

What We’re Pinning: Our Top Picks This Week on Pinterest

By Opportunity International on July 27, 2012

Everybody on Pinterest has their favorite pins—ones that make you stop and think, move you to take action, or just make you smile. So each week we’re going to share our top picks with you. If they’re some of your favorites too, repin them and share with your friends!

Posted in Resources, Strategic Partners, What We're Pinning, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Cairo, Children, Colombia, Egypt, Gender equality, Geraldine Ferraro, Girls, Half the Sky, Latin America, Mahatma Gandhi, photo blog, photos, Pinterest, Poverty, Social Media, Tanzania, Unicef, what we're pinning, Women, Women Leaders, World Vision

Photo Blog: Happy Fourth of July

By Opportunity International on July 3, 2012

For clients, freedom is… What does freedom mean to you? Leave us your comments below. Happy Independence Day!

Posted in Events, Loans, Microinsurance, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Resources, Rural Outreach, Savings, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Asia, Clients, Colombia, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Fourth of July, Ghana, Global Poverty, Health insurance, Independence Day, India, Latin America, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Philippines, Poverty, roof and floor program, Savings, Schools, Students, Tanzania, Training, Trust Groups, Women

A Drumbeat and a Trust Group: My Trip to Tanzania

By Guest Post on June 20, 2012

The following post is by actress Malin Akerman, who recently joined , from her March with her husband Roberto to see Opportunity’s work in Tanzania. In my last post I told you about how and why Roberto and I decided to take a trip with to Tanzania. Here’s a really brief recap of our trip, with highlights, Read more…

Posted in Insight Trips, Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Trust Groups
Tagged Africa, Arusha, Children, Clients, Faraja Centre, Financial services, Himo, Insight Trip, Loans, Malin Akerman, MFI, Microfinance, Mwanga, Ngorongoro Crater National Park, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Poverty, Tanzania, Trust Groups, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity

Taking the Live Below the Line Challenge: Actress Malin Akerman, Young Ambassadors, Governors & Staff

By Opportunity International on May 11, 2012

All this week, May 7-11, supporters around the country, including members of and , and our own staff took part in the Global Poverty Project’s Live Below the Line challenge to eat and drink for only $1.50 a day. They’re raising awareness for the 1.4 billion people who have to not only eat, but cover Read more…

Posted in Board of Governors, Events, Loans, Our Work, Strategic Partners, Where We Work, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Tagged Abbi Antablin, Blog, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Global Poverty, Ian Haisley, Insight Trip, Live Below the Line, Malin Akerman, Opportunity International, Poverty, Tanzania, yao-DC

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