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.
The Bigger Picture: Women GROW the Future
Sophia Campello Beckwith unpacks the hidden barriers facing women farmers—and why unequal access to resources and information holds back productivity and livelihoods. She shares how Opportunity’s GROW approach responds: women-led Farmer Support Agent networks, stronger savings groups and co-ops, and shifting bank incentives.
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A Farmer’s Path to Stability in Rwanda: A Photo Journal
In Rwanda, a smallholder farmer and her family are growing more than crops. Through diversified farming, visible progress at home, and community leadership, her story shows how access to financial tools can help rural families build lasting stability.
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Getting more children into better schools through social finance and partnerships that unlock education funding
Opportunity EduFinance is working with banks in Ghana to make education financing work for schools and families. By pairing local capital with training and technical support, banks like Amenfiman Rural Bank are helping schools expand, improve quality, and reach more children—sustainably and at scale.
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How Regenerative Agriculture Helped Vestine Transform Her Farm and Her Family’s Future
In southern Rwanda, Vestine is building a stronger future for her family through the innovative practices taught by regenerative agriculture. With the right training and financial tools, she’s expanded her farm, launched new businesses, and become a leader in her community—one step at a time.
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2025 Year in Review
In 2025, Opportunity International scaled access to capital, business skills, and local support, enabling millions of families living at the bottom of the pyramid in the Global South to build livelihoods and improve their wellbeing.
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An Introduction to Opportunity at the Last Mile
COO Michele Broemmelsiek shares what she learned on her first trip to Malawi and Uganda—meeting families in our Graduation program, seeing financial innovation for farmers, and witnessing how Opportunity’s last-mile model helps millions move from survival to stability.
Read MoreStrategic Giving: Tax-Wise Ways to Make an Impact
As you plan your year-end giving, discover how new 2025 tax provisions and proven strategies like appreciated asset gifts, QCDs, and donor-advised funds can help you give more efficiently. Support Opportunity International’s mission while maximizing your tax benefits.
Read MoreFinancial Inclusion Week 2025: Building Resilience in Health and Education
Opportunity International led two FIW 2025 sessions on early childhood education finance and women-centered health and financial inclusion, highlighting client-led, resilient solutions that help families in low-income countries build lasting pathways out of poverty.
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Opportunity Welcomes New Board of Governors Chair
Carey Lindeman, Opportunity International’s new Chair of the Board of Governors, first connected with Opportunity because of a simple invitation. “I heard about a summer garden party at Muffy McMillan’s home, and I decided to go,” she recalled. There, she learned about Opportunity’s mission and reconnected with a longtime friend who suggested she join the Women Warriors, a group of Opportunity supporters in Carey’s home city of Minneapolis. On the bridge at the Sculpture…
Read MoreCreating Jobs, Building Opportunity: Lessons from the World Bank
Opportunity International CEO Atul Tandon shares takeaways from the World Bank meetings: jobs as the fastest path out of poverty; progress and the scale of the challenge; and how practical, human-centered tools like UlangiziAI and FarmerAI, paired with local capital and skills, help families build lasting livelihoods.
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