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It’s World Teachers’ Day!
“Take a stand for teachers!” is the slogan of World Teachers’ Day 2012 today, which UNESCO celebrates with its partners, the International Labour Organization, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International (EI). Opportunity is so proud to honor teachers like Rosemary Namande, who educates hundreds of kids at the Nadulu Infant Primary School in Kampala, Uganda, boarding Read more…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, educators, Ending Poverty, Faith in Action, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, Loans, love, Microfinance, Nadulu Infant, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Rosemary Namande, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Send a Girl to School, Students, Teachers, Uganda, Women, world teachers day, Youth
What We’re Watching: Banking on Education in Ghana
Forty-six million African children have never set foot in a classroom. That’s why we offer education finance initiatives in Malawi, Uganda and in Ghana, where access to school fee loans and school proprietor loans help to create a better future for children and educators at local neighborhood schools. Get to know why we work in Read more…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, India, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Samrit Academy, Savings, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Students, Students of the World, Teachers, Training, Uganda, videos, what we're watching
Photo of the Day: One Laptop, One Big Challenge for Technology Education in Africa
In the photo at right, a junior high level 2 instructor at Ahobrese Academy in Dansoman, Ghana, teaches a technology course with the one laptop in the entire school. They have the passion, drive, knowledge, commitment and the classroom. Now they just need the computers. This is my challenge: I’m looking for the best way Read more…
Tagged Africa, Asia, computers, Education, Education finance, educators, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Nathan Byrd, Opportunity International, photos, Poverty, Schools, Students, Teachers, Technology
Honoring Educators Today for National Teacher Day
Today in the U.S., in honor of National Teacher Day, we celebrate the dedicated educators who work tirelessly to grow the next generation of future leaders and responsible members of the community. At , we know how crucial a good education is to ensuring the future of an entire community, which is why we’ve developed school Read more…
Tagged Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, India, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, National Education Association, National Teacher Day, Opportunity International, Royal Seed Home and School, School Proprietor Loans, school proprietors, Schools, Students, Teachers, Uganda
Good Gardening with One Hen
The following post was published on the “Stories of Service” blog, written by staff of United We Serve, a nationwide initiative encouraging social service. With the upcoming release of Katie Smith Milway’s book The Good Garden, the One Hen iniative is bringing the lessons of sustainable agriculture and food security to children through two new national service projects. Visit the “Stories Read more…
Tagged agricultural sustainability, Agriculture, Children, corporation for national and community service, Education, Food security, Food Sustainability, Honduras, Katie Smith Milway, Microfinance, One Hen, Opportunity International, Poverty, Schools, Students, Teachers, the good garden, the good garden: how one family went from hunger to having enough, united we serve, Women's Opportunity Network, WON, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
The Impact of Education: Visiting Uganda’s Kazo Summit School
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. On Tuesday, we devoted additional time to seeing Ugandan private schools funded by loans from Opportunity‘s Banking on Education initiative. We wanted not only to observe but also to participate. Read more…
Tagged Banking on Education, Children, Daughters, Girls, Insight Trip, Julie Hindmarsh, Kazo Summit School, Loans, Mothers, Schools, Sisters, Students, Teachers, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, WON Uganda Insight Trip 2010
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Education as a Solution
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…
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
