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Opportunity International Honors World AIDS Day

By Brad Skeba on December 1, 2012

December 1, 2012 is World AIDS Day. Today, we at Opportunity International stand with millions around the world, including our clients, in the fight against HIV/AIDS. As an organization that offers AIDS education in some of the world’s hardest hit communities, we look forward to the day when families, friends and clients are freed from Read more…

Posted in Events, Health, Our Work, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, Brad Skeba, Clients, Community, Democratic Republic of Congo, DR Congo, Education, Ending Poverty, Global Poverty, Health, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Microfinance, Opportunity DRC, Opportunity International, Poverty, sub-Saharan Africa, Training, Trust Groups, Uganda, Unicef, World Aids Day, World Health Organization

World AIDS Day 2011: Ending AIDS in a Generation

By Emily Riemer on December 1, 2011

Today, Thursday, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. This year’s theme, Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS-related deaths, is an optimistic one but there is good reason to hope. The latest Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS indicates that increased access to HIV services has resulted Read more…

Posted in Events, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Ban Ki-moon, Bono, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Health, Hillary Clinton, HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Mozambique, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Poverty, President Barack Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Rwanda, Secretary of State, Training, UN Secretary-General, UNAIDS, Unicef, United Nations, World Aids Day, World Health Organization, YouTube

World AIDS Day: How Does Microinsurance Make an Impact?

By Lydia Baldridge Meier on December 1, 2010

Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. 2.4 billion people around the world live on $2 a day or less and of those only 80 million people have access to microinsurance. In areas where HIV/AIDS is prevalent, people often cannot afford the healthcare they desperately need. Campaigns manager Lydia Baldridge Meier interviewed Richard Leftley, the president Read more…

Posted in Events, Microinsurance, Our Leadership, Our Work, Trust Groups
Tagged Africa, Chennai, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, funeral insurance, Health insurance, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, India, Lydia Baldridge Meier, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Richard Leftley, Trust Groups, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010

The Power to Fight AIDS: A Mozambiquan Microfinance Client Shows His Strength

By Opportunity International on November 30, 2010

This week, Wednesday, Dec. 1 marks the 22nd annual World AIDS Day. Since 1988, it has become one of the most recognized international health days and provides a key opportunity each year to raise awareness, remember those who have been victims of AIDS, and celebrate progress in the fight against this devastating epidemic. We all Read more…

Posted in Events, Faith in Action, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, banco oportunidade de mocambique, Children, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mozambique, Opportunity International, opportunity mozambique, Orphans, Poverty, Students, World Aids Day, World Aids Day 2010, Youth

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

ONE Blog: Checking in on Maternal Health in Guatemala

By Guest Post on November 19, 2010

With World AIDS Day coming up on Dec. 1, celebrity activist Christy Turlington Burns reports on her ongoing work with (RED) and the ONE Campaign on the No Child Born with HIV campaign. At Opportunity, we’re inspired by her commitment to improving the lives of women in the developing world with these health initiatives. The following blog post, ”Checking in Read more…

Posted in Microinsurance, What We're Reading, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged (RED), Ending Poverty, Guatemala, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, Latin America, Maternal Health, Maternal morality rates, Microensure, Microinsurance, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Un millennium development goals, World Aids Day

World AIDS Day: Lending Hope to Africa

By Sonja Egeland Kelly on December 1, 2009

AIDS continues to devastate sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty million people have died already, leaving 14 million orphans behind. Without decisive action, millions more will die, at the rate of over 6,600 a day. This figure is likely to increase because of the 9,500 new daily infections in Africa alone. Today marks World AIDS Day. The day Read more…

Posted in Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, AIDS, Crisis, Dorothy Kanjautso, Education, HIV/AIDS, Loans, Opportunity International, Orphans, Poverty, Training, Trust Groups, Women, World Aids Day

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