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Honor World Refugee Day with the Opportunity Book Club
June 20 is World Refugee Day—an annual reminder to pause and reflect on the enormous challenges that refugees around the world face and the incredible resilience they demonstrate in the face of uncertainty…
Read MoreDigitization of Savings Groups
This brief of work in progress summarizes Opportunity's digitization of savings groups in order to help them operate more efficiently and with fewer book-keeping errors.
Read MoreAI and space technology boost smallholders’ access…
80% of those living in extreme poverty live in rural areas, which dramatically increases barriers to communication, transportation, and business opportunities. Dive into today’s Financial Times, where…
Read MoreCheck out a genre-defying memoir this month
This month, we’re checking all of our genre boxes with a lyrical memoir that blends one family’s stories with Columbia’s turbulent political history. It’s a nonfiction reflection that reads like…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Jimmy Carter
As a leader, neighbor, father, citizen, humanitarian, and friend, I am always looking for inspiring people who have run the race well before me—people whose stories and experiences can serve as encouragement…
Read MoreCreating Sustainable Communities through Climate Resilience
In March 2023, Cyclone Freddy hit southern Malawi, creating floods and landslides that tragically caused over 1,000 deaths—including one of our clients—and displaced over 500,000 people. An Opportunity…
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: Luke Coulson
Committed to Opportunity’s agriculture finance overarching mandate to enable farmers to grow more crops and increase their income, Luke Coulson puts his personal, educational, and professional experiences…
Read MoreGovernor Spotlight: Hee-Jung Moon
Hee-Jung used her “matchmaking” skills to introduce single people to each other—and to Opportunity International.
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