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Examining Obstacles to Small Business Growth in Rural…
Despite monumental progress in reducing poverty levels in China over the past few decades, economic inequality—largely linked to access to employment and credit remains a serious concern. With support…
Read MorePowering Students' Futures with Clean Water and Sanitation
A look into how Opportunity is helping schools access clean water and sanitation to give students, especially girls, a chance at a healthier future.
Read MoreA Song in the Middle of Suffering
In an open, breezy room in a hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, women are singing. They are all gathered together—patients in various stages of recovery. Some are still waiting for the surgery that will…
Read MoreRemembering Rwanda
"When you forgive, you in no way change the past—but you sure do change the future." —Bernard Meltzer The joy I felt from the people I met in Rwanda didn’t reconcile on the surface; after all, this…
Read MoreRead With Us: April Book Club Selection
As we enter a new season, it's time for another Opportunity International Book Club book! But first, let's recap what we just completed: In March, we read the short and powerful story, A Long Walk to…
Read MoreSchool Improvement Loans Linked to Positive Outcomes…
In 2018 Opportunity partnered with Three Stones International to conduct a study to further understand the effectiveness of its School Improvement Loan product after multiple cycles by identifying dimensions…
Read MoreReevaluating What We Know About the Impact of Microfinance
A recent review of six studies on the impact of microfinance by economists at the University of Connecticut has determined that prior claims that these studies discredited the impact of microfinance were…
Read MoreRead With Us: March Book Club Selection
It’s a new month, which means it's time for one of our favorite things: sharing our next Opportunity Book Club selection with you! But first, let’s recap what we’ve been reading: Following an intense…
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons to Go to Ghana
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,To gain all while you give,To roam the roads of lands remote,To travel is to live.”—Hans Christian Andersen I’ve spent the last five years of my life crisscrossing…
Read MoreWhat do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you want to be when you grow up? We asked Opportunity supporters here and clients abroad about their childhood dreams. See how our answers compare and answer our next poll. Where do you get your…
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