Microfinance: A Solution to Global Poverty

Opportunity International is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the working poor. We provide small loans that allow poor entrepreneurs to start or expand a business, develop a steady income, provide for their families and create jobs for their neighbors. We also offer savings, microinsurance, business training and many more services to 1.1 million working poor in 28 developing nations.

What's New

	OptINnow is a new initiative from Opportunity International that enables people to make donations directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world. Learn about OptINnow
	The John Deere Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Opportunity International to provide increased access to financing for the hunger-afflicted in Africa. Read the Full Press Release
	Opportunity International paid homage to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and Africa’s first elected female head of state, at a special award ceremony. Press release, video and pictures