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Your next summer read: His Only Wife by Peace Adzo…

by Allison Kooser

Called a “fierce and funny novel” and “a deeply engrossing chronicle of contemporary Ghanaian womanhood” by Minneapolis’ Star Tribune, His Only Wife blends humor and heart to question the status…

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50 for 50: Journeying from Client to Advisor

by Berta Regina Sierra Aguas

In 1992, Berta Sierra and her husband joined an Opportunity International Trust Group in Colombia. Berta was such an exceptional community leader that Opportunity invited her to join our staff—and she…

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50 for 50: Bringing Health Insurance to Those Who Need…

by Richard Leftley

In 2004, Richard Leftley wrote a white paper outlining the severe risks the HIV/AIDS crisis presented for Opportunity International Trust Groups. He proposed a new, creative solution: very small insurance…

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50 for 50: YAO Memories

by Allison Kooser

In 2008, a group of young philanthropists came together in support of Opportunity International. They were so impressed by the model and inspired by the clients that they decided to build a community that…

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50 for 50: Investing in Agriculture: Celebrating Jane…

by Opportunity International

For the last 15 years, Jane and Peter Nelson have been champions of the Agriculture Finance program, providing generous funding and strategic vision to propel it forward.

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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: A Microfinance…

Opportunity International has built a robust network of microfinance partners throughout India. Our local teams know our clients — and our clients trust our teams. Now, in the face of disaster, we are…

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Revisiting one of the Book Club’s favorite authors

by Allison Kooser

Factfulness, by world-renowned physician and data analyst Hans Rosling, is one of our most popular book club picks ever (June 2018). So when his family released his posthumous memoir earlier this spring,…

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50 for 50: Origin Stories - Eastern Europe

by Linda Vander Weele

Opportunity International has always gone where the needs are greatest. In 1993, that meant Eastern Europe—and today it means reaching increasingly rural and impoverished communities around the world.…

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50 for 50: Honoring World Hunger Day

by Opportunity International

Opportunity International's Agriculture Finance program works to end the cycle of low-productivity farming in rural communities and help rural families transform their small farms into more productive,…

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Extraordinary Situations Demand Extraordinary Responses:…

by Atul Tandon

As the world is slowly opening up here at home, my friends and colleagues in India are facing the world's worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Countless families, including mine, have lost loved ones over the…

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