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WASH Programs in Schools
Bridgette Sekyi has always been passionate about education. When she and her husband moved from Accra to the more rural region of Kwabre in Ghana, she noticed that the schools in her area had a problem.…
Read MoreOpportunity EduFinance’s Support of Private Education…
This post originally appeared in January on the EduFinance blog here. At Opportunity EduFinance our absolute focus to help all children access a quality education. Our School Fee Loans help kids…
Read MoreUnlocking Quality Education for this Generation
At Opportunity International, we are committed to one audacious goal: ending extreme poverty in our lifetimes. To achieve this vision, one of the most critical issues we must address is that of generational…
Read MoreWhy EduFinance Matters
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a common question we ask our children as they grow and develop. It’s what my own parents asked me as I started school as a kid. It’s one of the first…
Read MoreKey Program Learnings: Education Finance
At Opportunity International, we believe that championing inclusion is essential to achieving universal access to quality education (UN Sustainable Development Goal #4). Our EduFinance program fosters…
Read MoreCrisis in Nicaragua
As you may have seen in recent news, Nicaragua is undergoing its biggest uprising since the civil war ended in 1990. Protests began on April 18, following proposed changes to taxes and pensions, and the…
Read MoreRead Our June Book Club Book: Factfulness by Hans Rosling
To kick off a summer of reading and learning, we are excited to announce our June Book Club book! This month, we are reading one of Bill Gates's "5 books worth reading this summer"—a book Gates describes…
Read MoreMobile Banking in Ghana
We sat down with our Senior Program Manager, Alex Baum, to learn about an exciting new mobile banking program in Ghana. We can't wait to hear updates about this initiative's progress in the months ahead! …
Read MoreField Update: Our Insight Trip to India, Part 4
Mark and Sue Real, Opportunity supporters from Colombus, Ohio, traveled on an Insight Trip to India to meet Opportunity's field staff and clients. The trip was eye-opening and inspiring—and they graciously…
Read MoreOpportunity EduFinance Supports Entrepreneurs and Enterprise…
This content originally appeared on edufinance.org. The inclusion of business and life-skills training in children’s education is increasingly important, particularly in the developing world, and particularly…
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