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What We’re Reading: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Looking for a summer read? At Opportunity, we’re reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. It’s the story of a young boy with an entrepreneurial spirit…
Read MoreNotice anything different?
Regular visitors to the Opportunity blog will notice it has a different look and format than before. Go further. http://www.opportunity.org/Opportunity.org[/intlink] has been completely refreshed and…
Read MoreKnowledge Leads to Understanding: Getting to Know Uganda
Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) supporter Debby Farrington and her 16-year-old nephew Matt Statman contributed this final post about their trip to Uganda, summing up the unforgettable people they…
Read MoreMeet Betty Mutua of Opportunity Kenya
“Working in microfinance has transformed me. We use the word ‘transformation’ to describe our client training, but that word also describes how I feel,” says Betty Mutua, a regional manager at Opportunity…
Read MoreSpotlight on the Annual Report: Harvesting Hope
Providing access to clients living in the world’s most geographically remote areas is an important part of what Opportunity does. Reaching clients like Malawian farmer Jakobo Chikayiko, or Jakob…
Read MoreVote for OptINnow in the Paperless Choice Challenge
Opportunity International’s fundraising campaign,OptINnow, is entered in the Paperless Choice Challenge funded by the Overbrook Foundation. The contest is looking to reward non-profits with innovative…
Read MoreRwandan Women are Crucial to Economy — A Story on…
Check out CNN.com where Lisa Desai wrote a piece, accompanied by a video, that highlights the integral role that women play in the growing economy of Rwanda since the genocide in 1994. Today, women…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading: “Reaching the Unreachable”…
On Thursday, we wrote a guest blog post on The Hunger and Undernutrition Blog, talking about the impact of Opportunity’s innovations in agriculture finance, including crop insurance, savings accounts and…
Read MoreThe Case for Support: Bringing Opportunity to Women
Women represent an estimated 70% of those living on less than $2 a day. They suffer most from the chronic effects of poor nutrition, insufficient access to healthcare and limited educational opportunities.…
Read MoreBe Inspired: A Traveler Meets Opportunity Uganda’s…
Debby Farrington, a supporter of the Women’s Opportunity Network (WON) is visiting Uganda with her 16-year-old nephew Matt Statman. Yesterday, Matt sent us a post about meeting teenage students in…
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