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Ramping up E-Learning During the Pandemic
When the global COVID-19 pandemic closed down travel in many countries in March 2020, the EduFinance Technical Assistance team saw an opportunity to support financial institutions that were attempting…
Read MoreThrough the Noise: Providing and Improving Education…
Andrew McCusker, Head of Opportunity EduFinance, interviewed with Through the Noise host Ernesto Gluecksmann to discuss the value of education when it comes to uplifting communities and improving school…
Read MoreOpportunity International Announces 2020 WeGo Award…
CHICAGO, October 5, 2020 – As COVID-19 continues to erode the financial inclusion, safety, and livelihood of women and girls around the world, Opportunity International announced Healing Fields as the…
Read MoreThe harrowing story of a boy soldier
This month, the Opportunity Book Club is turning to one of the most powerful books out there: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. In this unforgettable memoir, Beah recounts his harrowing experience fleeing…
Read MoreMutually Exacerbating Catastrophes: Responding to the…
Each fall, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation releases their annual Goalkeepers Report. Typically, the report celebrates our collective progress made toward the Sustainable Development Goals—progress…
Read MoreHeart Of cabi Foundation Week features Opportunity…
Opportunity International partner cabi, the nation’s largest social selling apparel company, held its annual Heart of cabi Foundation Week this month. One America’s Stephanie Myers spoke with the foundation’s…
Read MoreIdeagen's 17 Days of Sustainability: How Opportunity…
As we watch decades-long progress in the fight to end poverty possibly wiped out due to the result of the pandemic, where does that leave us in our collective goal to achieve SDG 1: Ending Poverty? Opportunity…
Read MoreDigital Finance in the Wake of COVID-19
The recent report, “People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future,” highlights the importance of digital finance in helping to reach the Sustainable Development Goals…
Read MoreA Bequest to Last a Lifetime: In Memory of Margaret…
In 1953, a time when women were still excluded from many colleges and professions, Margaret Walker was making her own way. A London native, she excelled in the sciences and received a scholarship to attend…
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