Take Action for WON

Through the programs and initiatives it champions, WON connects a global community of women by serving, supporting and empowering them individually, in their families and throughout their communities.

Make an impact on the lives of women around the world by…

  • Becoming a member of the Women’s Opportunity Network. Contact WON for more details.
  • Learning more about WON. Read Opportunity’s blog and check out WON’s Facebook page.
  • Donating to Opportunity International. Specify WON to have your contribution applied to women- and family-oriented initiatives.

Want to go further?

  1. Host a gathering in your home to introduce friends and neighbors to Opportunity’s work. Or speak at a gathering of your faith community or a local community forum. We can provide a PowerPoint presentation, literature and a video to assist you.
  2. Add a sentence to your e-mail messages that links to Opportunity’s website. Example: See how access to financial services impacts the life of a woman, her family and her community in the developing world. Visit my favorite nonprofit’s website: www.opportunity.org.
  3. Recommend a book to your friends or start a book club. We suggest Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Contact WON to receive a Half the Sky readers’ guide.
  4. Host international visitors from Opportunity in your home.
  5. Help build our Global Opportunity Quilt–and help a woman build a better life for her family. Explore the quilt. Buy a patch. Be part of a beautiful solution to help end global poverty faster.
  6. Connect and donate to the women clients and communities that have been transformed by financial services from Opportunity International.

For more information on how you can get involved to improve the lives of women living in poverty, contact the Women’s Opportunity Network.

Related Photos

  • Ruth Nassimbwa was in business for years, but until she received an Opportunity loan in 2006, she had difficulty purchasing inventory for her Kalerwe Market stall in Kampala.
  • When her husband died, Rosemary Namande started a school for infants in makeshift quarters as a way to support her own family and help others at the same time.
  • Rayusa Muzalila of Kiganda, Uganda, has used Opportunity loans to expand her grocery and start a textile business. With her increased profits, she has opened her first-ever savings account with Opportunity.
  • Client Milly Nassuna makes a savings deposit at Opportunity’s bank branch near the Kalerwe Market of Kampala, Uganda.
  • Padmavathy was surprised and relieved when Opportunity insurance covered her daughter’s urgent surgery. Not only did she receive the care she needed, but Padmavathy was spared the burden of a significant debt. Here she reviews insurance forms with her loan officer, Rajeswari.
  • Ruth Nassimbwa signs paperwork at the weekly Progressive Trust Group meeting.
  • Opportunity client Nuulu Nankya teaches preschoolers at Ladybird School, adjacent to the Kalerwe Market.
  • Client Margaret Nassozi sews Ladybird School’s uniforms as well as dresses at her tailor shop just outside the school.