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.
“It is for the children that we make these improvements” – School Leader reflections on USAID CATALYZE EduFinance impact
USAID CATALYZE EduFinance sees this same potential. For over two years, CATALYZE and Opportunity International have worked with low-fee, non-state schools and low-income families with learners in the DRC, Zambia, Tanzania, Dominican Republic (DR), and Guatemala to mobilize private finance in a financially sustainable manner for the non-state education sector, and achieve a measurable increase in equitable access and quality that ultimately drives improvement in learning outcomes.
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Governor Spotlight: Lauren Beard
If you spend any time with Lauren Beard, you’ll find yourself joyfully swept up in her forward-moving, passionate energy.
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Staff Spotlight: Simona Haiduc
Simona Haiduc has been listening and responding to people in need for over 20 years—motivated by her belief in the power of transformation and business solutions to poverty.
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Colombian Extreme Poverty on the Rise, but We Have the Tools to End It
Recent reports show a rise in extreme poverty in Colombia, highlighting urgent needs for collaborative efforts to support vulnerable communities and foster sustainable development. Opportunity’s Camilo Garcia shares his perspective on the solution.
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$5.5+ million to change lives
For more than 15 years, Opportunity International and cabi have partnered together to help realize their founders’ vision that their company would be about more than just selling clothing.
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Atul’s Year-In-Review 2023
As we look excitedly to the year ahead, set bold goals, and dream up new innovations, it’s so important that we take a moment to pause and reflect. Our global community—a community that includes you—has accomplished so much in the last 12 months. What’s more, our clients have built their businesses, grown their savings, and achieved countless milestones, resulting in remarkable transformation for themselves, their families, and their futures. When our global team, donors, and partners come…
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SDG Action: Opportunity International at the United Nations
“The SDGs are not about checking boxes. They’re about the hopes, dreams, rights and expectations of people and the health of our natural environment. They’re about righting historic wrongs, healing global divisions and putting our world on a path to lasting peace.” – UN Secretary General Antonio Guitierrez. This year’s United Nations General Assembly was more than a convening of leaders, it was a clarion call for action. With data showing a slowdown in progress for the UN Sustainable…
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Staff Spotlight: Camilo Garcia
Leadership in Colombia Anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Camilo Garcia knows the warmth of his smile and the kind gleam in his eyes. Camilo has been with Opportunity for the past 12 years, and he has served as the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships in Latin America for the past three years. He is an experienced businessperson motivated by a desire to lift up the people of his birthplace and strengthen opportunities for current and future generations. Like so many fathers across the…
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2023 Goalkeepers Report: A Reason for Hope
Opportunity International CEO Atul Tandon reflects on the 2023 Goalkeepers Report from the Gates Foundation.
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Changing Lives, 10 Cents at a Time
What does it take to change a life? To change a community? Part of this work requires us to constantly ask ourselves truly difficult questions.
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