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My Journey with Opportunity International Begins……
On March 9, my husband Roberto and I stepped off the plane in Arusha (a place I hadn’t heard of until this year), and we knew we were in for an adventure. I couldn’t wait to get started. In 2010 I…
Read MoreLast Weekend of Willow Creek’s 2012 Celebration of…
This weekend marks the end of the three-week Celebration of Hope for Her event at Willow Creek Church in Barrington, Ill. Opportunity was one of over 40 ministries and organizations–and the only microfinance…
Read MoreShare the National Day of Prayer with Us
Today is the National Day of Prayer, officially marked as a day to “mobilize prayer in America and to encourage personal repentance and righteousness in the culture,” and listed on nationaldayofprayer.org…
Read MoreGrandmas, Friends, Wives and Mothers: A Tribute to…
Young Ambassadors (YAO) members and Opportunity International staff weigh in on the important women in their lives and what they mean to them: My Grandma is one of my soulmates. Her heart has always understood…
Read MoreOpportunity Mozambique is “Empowering Girls, Building…
I just received this story from Mozambique that I wanted to share with you. The lovely staff of Opportunity Mozambique once again demonstrated their commitment to empowering and celebrating women by taking…
Read MoreWhat Does it Take to Ensure Maternal Health Around…
If you were an expectant mother, how would you stay strong in the face of a lack of resources and access to proper care? That was the questions on my mind last Monday, April 16, when I attended a screening…
Read MoreFor Mothers Like Adwoa, Opportunity Changes Everything
Throughout the world, all mothers want to give their children everything, and they sacrifice in countless unseen ways to make it happen. As you each honor your own mom this Mother’s Day, allow us to…
Read MoreOpportunity Staff Updates on Sustainable Energy Initiatives…
Deborah Foy, Opportunity-UK’s International Programmes Director told me that 2012 is the United Nations’s “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.” In the UN’s own words, “Energy…
Read MoreImages of Microfinance… in San Diego?!?
When you think about microfinance clients, what comes to mind? For most of us, we think of international microfinance, but some paradigms shifted several weeks ago as attendees of the San Diego Microfinance…
Read MoreChicago Premiere of No Woman, No Cry, Directorial Debut…
Yesterday afternoon, YAO members, members of the Board of Governors, several of my colleagues and I went to the Chicago premiere of Christy Turlington Burns‘s directorial debut, the powerful documentary…
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