50 Weeks of Opportunity
Each week for the next 50 weeks, we will share a piece of Opportunity’s history—major or minor, sobering or inspiring, we have gotten where we are today by facing some of the world’s greatest challenges, with you by our side. Please join us in celebrating the many impactful moments that have built the foundation on which we will embark on our most audacious vision yet: ending extreme poverty.
50 for 50: Celebrating 7 Educators During Teacher Appreciation Week
Opportunity International's Education Finance program began by recognizing education as an integral part of reducing global poverty and inequality. This year, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has only emphasized education's critical place in our world and reminded us of teachers' extraordinary creativity, tenacity, and strength.
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50 for 50: An Inside Look at Our Field Offices and Partners
One of our favorite parts of Opportunity International Insight Trips is visiting Opportunity's offices and outposts. It is always eye-opening to see where our global colleagues spend their days and where they meet, serve, and train clients.
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50 Years of Memories
For 50 years, Opportunity International has provided financial services, training, and support to families living in poverty—and built a dynamic global community of partners, supporters, clients, staff, and friends.
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50 for 50: Listen and Adapt - The Allmans' Story
Through this work, David Allman has become a longtime advocate of "second half" purposeful involvement—serving on Opportunity's President's Council and now Ambassadors Council, encouraging others to use their business experience to serve a project that matches their calling and a local need.
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50 for 50: How financial services and access have changed in the last 50 years
In the last 50 years, the global financial landscape has changed dramatically. And while current statistics demonstrate the continued need for Opportunity International’s work, they also show just how far we’ve come in improving global financial access.
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50 for 50: 7 Bible Verses to Inspire and Encourage You
Our motivation is clear: We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve the poor.
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50 for 50: Founders Circle Award Winners Ken Vander Weele and Larry Reed
Thanks to Ken Vander Weele and Larry Reed's tireless efforts, Opportunity was able to prove success with pilots and established the first network of microfinance banks in Africa.
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50 for 50: Founders Circle Award Winner John Magnay
Over the last decade, John Magnay worked alongside Opportunity International's leadership team, field staff, and program managers to drive the tremendous success of the Agriculture Finance program.
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50 for 50: Founders Circle Award Winners Susy Cheston, Martha Cray, Jill Dailey Smith, and Linda Vander Weele
On Saturday, February 20, 2021, we presented the first of a series of 50th anniversary awards. The first Founders Circle Awards went to a group of Opportunity International pioneers who helped us innovate our strategies and programs to better serve clients. These awards celebrate the earliest days of initiatives that have come to define Opportunity's work—and we are so excited to go back and remember how these programs began.
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50 for 50: Founders Circle Award Winner Chris Crane
On Saturday, February 20, 2021, we presented the first of a series of 50th anniversary awards. The first Founders Circle Awards went to a group of Opportunity International pioneers who helped us innovate our strategies and programs to better serve clients. These awards celebrate the earliest days of initiatives that have come to define Opportunity's work—and we are so excited to go back and remember how these programs began.
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