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Christmas Greetings from Ghana and Opportunity’s Global Family
Merry Christmas from Opportunity International‘s global family to yours. On this sacred day, we wish you a Christmas filled with joy, peace and love! Effie Cooke, Opportunity’s head of human resources in Africa, brings a special message from Ghana in a joyful video below. We hope it brings you inspiration today and in the days Read more…
Tagged Africa, Christmas, Effie Cooke, Ghana, head of hr, local staff, Opportunity Ghana, Opportunity International, videos
What We’re Watching: Change Makers and Great Videos at the Global Citizen Festival in New York
In late September, 60,000 people, including Opportunity supporters from the NYC chapter of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, descended on Central Park for the largest syndicated charity concert in online and broadcast TV history. The Global Poverty Project‘s Global Citizen Festival brought together change makers with artists such as Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Read more…
Tagged Abbi Antablin, Agricultural finance, Alexa Chu, charity concert, Children, Education, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial services, Global citizen, Global Poverty, Global Poverty Project, K'Naan, Loans, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Schools, Students, UN General Assembly, videos, YAO, YAO-New York, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Poverty Eradication Day: Education for a Better Future
Though few need a day to remind them that people around the world live in extreme poverty–in fact, more than half the world lives on less than $2 a day–today is the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to raise awareness of and support for the issues that cause and result from chronic Read more…
Tagged Africa, Ashaiman, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, Ending Poverty, Events, Financial services, Gabriel Addai Duah, Ghana, IDP Foundation, IDP Rising Schools, India, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Loan Officer, Loans, Malawi, Mercy Senyegah, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Poverty Eradication Day, Richmercy School, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, school proprietors, Schools, Send a Girl to School, Students, Students of the World, Training, Uganda, videos
What We’re Watching: Last Chance to Watch Half the Sky Movement’s Documentary Online
If you missed the chance to watch the tear-jerking, moving, and inspirational Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide when it aired on PBS last week, the videos expire in the next two days. Part 1 closes tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 9) and part 2 closes the following day on Wednesday. It’s a Read more…
Tagged Africa, Asia, Cambodia, Children, economic empowerment, Education, Ending Poverty, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Healthcare, India, Kenya, Loans, Microfinance, Mothers, Nicholas D. Kristof, PBS, Sheryl WuDunn, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Somaly Mam, videos, Vietnam, what we're watching, Women
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…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Education, Children, Clients, Community, Education, Education finance, Financial services, Ghana, IDP Foundation, IDP Rising Schools, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity-US, School fee loans, School Proprietor Loans, Schools, Sinapi Aba Trust, strategic partners, Training, videos, what we're watching
First Day with Vicki Escarra, Our New CEO
Watch our video with Opportunity‘s new CEO Vicki Escarra. Get to know Vicki and welcome her in comments below or on Facebook.
Tagged CEO, Ending Poverty, Facebook, Financial services, Ghana, Global Microfinance Operations, international staff, Investments, Meet Our Staff, Microfinance, Mission, Opportunity International, Opportunity-US, Oxford, Vicki Escarra, videos
