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Governor Spotlight: Jeannie Burns Buckner

by Kelli Walker

First introduced to Opportunity International through friends, Jeannie Burns Buckner serves as a member of our Board of Governors and has been deeply involved—on the ground and from afar—with projects…

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View from the Field: Updates from Our Latest Webinars

by Joe Dutra

In the spirit of our collaborative efforts, Opportunity International recently hosted two insightful webinars spotlighting urgent global issues: tackling gender disparities in education, and promoting…

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Honor World Refugee Day with the Opportunity Book Club

by Allison Kooser

June 20 is World Refugee Day—an annual reminder to pause and reflect on the enormous challenges that refugees around the world face and the incredible resilience they demonstrate in the face of uncertainty…

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Digitization of Savings Groups

This brief of work in progress summarizes Opportunity's digitization of savings groups in order to help them operate more efficiently and with fewer book-keeping errors.

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AI and space technology boost smallholders’ access…

80% of those living in extreme poverty live in rural areas, which dramatically increases barriers to communication, transportation, and business opportunities. Dive into today’s Financial Times, where…

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Check out a genre-defying memoir this month

by Allison Kooser

This month, we’re checking all of our genre boxes with a lyrical memoir that blends one family’s stories with Columbia’s turbulent political history. It’s a nonfiction reflection that reads like…

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Lessons Learned from Jimmy Carter

by Atul Tandon

  As a leader, neighbor, father, citizen, humanitarian, and friend, I am always looking for inspiring people who have run the race well before me—people whose stories and experiences can serve as encouragement…

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Creating Sustainable Communities through Climate Resilience

by Kelli Walker

In March 2023, Cyclone Freddy hit southern Malawi, creating floods and landslides that tragically caused over 1,000 deaths—including one of our clients—and displaced over 500,000 people.  An Opportunity…

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Staff Spotlight: Luke Coulson

by Kelli Walker

Committed to Opportunity’s agriculture finance overarching mandate to enable farmers to grow more crops and increase their income, Luke Coulson puts his personal, educational, and professional experiences…

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Governor Spotlight: Hee-Jung Moon

by Kelli Walker

Hee-Jung used her “matchmaking” skills to introduce single people to each other—and to Opportunity International.

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