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Faith in Action: Nonprofit Microfinance in the News
The following is a post written by Professor Emeritus Martin E. Marty for Sightings, a blog from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago’s Divinity School. A prominent interpreter of…
Read MoreOpportunity International Announces New Unified Vision
At Opportunity International, we’ve worked for 42 years to achieve our mission of giving people in the developing world the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. Now we have a stronger way…
Read MoreProper Healthcare – A Prerequisite to Economic Development…
Monday October 7 is Child Health Day. A day intended to raise people’s awareness of how they can protect and develop children’s health. The following post is by Christie Lacey. Christie was an Intern…
Read MorePope Francis: ‘Where there is Work, There is Dignity’
Pope Francis shared a simple but powerful message during a Sept. 22 visit to the Italian island Sardinia. “Where there is no work,” he said, “there is no dignity.” That philosophy drives Opportunity…
Read More‘I Want My School to be Big’: Educator Shares Dreams…
Comfort Appiah was so secretive when she started a school in her home, she didn’t even tell her husband. Fifteen years later, that school now serves 800 children in Accra, Ghana. (And yes, her husband…
Read MoreAn Unstoppable Loan Client
Steph was an Intern with Opportunity International in the Summer of 2013. Opportunity International works in more than 20 countries including the Philippines. Manila businesswoman, Concepcion Valenzuela,…
Read MoreWhy Private Schools Matter in the Developing World
Natalie Hornsby is a member of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity. All children must have access to primary education, as set forth by the UN Millennium Development Goals. This is an incredible goal from…
Read MoreChanging the Face of Education
Opportunity International’s loyal supporters have partnered with us over the past 40 years to help more than five million people in more than 20 countries break free from poverty. And we know from our…
Read MoreTransforming Lives Together
On September 26, Opportunity International will celebrate the Caterpillar Foundation’s 20-year partnership. Opportunity estimates that nearly 18.3 million lives will be improved as a result of grants…
Read MoreEducating Students Is a Worthy Investment for All
Christie was an Intern with Opportunity International in the Summer of 2013. Primary School Students at The Ridgway School in Uganda. In high school I remember bemoaning 7:15 a.m. classes, the monotonous…
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