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Meet Rachael Schubarth

by Opportunity International

This fall, we are celebrating education by highlighting incredible students and teachers around the world - including our friends right here at home. This week, I chatted with Rachael Schubarth, a college senior at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI. Rachael runs an Opportunity Campus Ambassadors chapter at her school - and she rocks!  Hi Rachael! Please introduce yourself. Who are you, what do you do and what do you like to do in your spare time? My name is Rachael Schubarth, I am a senior at…

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Why Are We So Special?

by Opportunity International

This fall, we are celebrating education by highlighting incredible students, teachers and education enthusiasts around the world - including our friends right here at home. This week, we are honored to feature this piece from our friend Janelle Lassonde, who currently serves as the Chair of Opportunity's Education Campaign.  When friends ask me what’s going on in life, I often mention Opportunity International and my involvement in its work in education. My friends connect immediately with the…

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Schools Can Change the World

by Allison Kooser

This fall, we are exploring eduction around the world. Through a careful study of the Ahobrase Academy in Ghana, we are studying how investing in education transforms the lives of students, families and entire communities. Join us.  When you were a student, you were busy. You were in class all day, at tennis practice or musical rehearsal or the yearbook all afternoon and working your way through piles of homework at night. Your days were full. In addition, you were learning so much more than…

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Photo Blog: Carly Fiorina Speaks at NAWBO "Inspire the Change" Women's Business Conference

by Opportunity International

This Sunday, former Global Board Chair Carly Fiorina spoke at the NAWBO “Inspire the Change” Women’s Business Conference about the power of opportunity and the hope that she witnessed while visiting clients in the slums of New Delhi. “I do not know whether you have ever been to the slums of New Delhi, but they’re pretty grim places...And yet when we met our clients, they were brave, beautiful women. And they did not look despairing. They looked focused and determined and hopeful. We had…

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Meet Les Dlabay

by Allison Kooser

This fall, we are celebrating education by highlighting incredible students and teachers around the world - including our friends right here at home. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Les Dlabay, a long-time Opportunity International supporter and Professor of Business at Lake Forest College. Les has been instrumental in involving his students with global issues - including introducing them to Opportunity! Hi Les! Please take a moment to introduce yourself! I'm Les Dlabay, Professor…

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Vicki Escarra Speaking at Bush Institute

by Opportunity International

Please join Opportunity International Global CEO Vicki Escarra live at a Bush Institute Global Women’s Network panel discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Central Time on September 22. The panel, Invest in Women: The Key to Economic Prosperity, will feature an interactive discussion to highlight current trends, highlight ways key stakeholders are improving the lives of women to advance global development, and discuss how public-private partnerships can invest. Focus areas include technology,…

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Meet Aggrey Byarugaba

by Allison Kooser

Aggrey Byarugaba always knew he wanted to help people learn. When he graduated from college, he dreamed of educating other students like him – students who needed an inexpensive, high-quality school in which to learn. Soon, Aggrey began working with local partners and funders on a new school. Aggrey’s job was to generate local interest in the school, and if and when he did so, he was promised the role of Headmaster. With no budget, Aggrey worked tirelessly to tell the community about the new…

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Making Schools Better and More Accessible for all students

by Allison Kooser

This fall, we are exploring eduction around the world. Through a careful study of the Ahobrase Academy in Ghana, we are studying how investing in education transforms the lives of students, families and entire communities. Join us. Full disclosure - I love school. I have always had a soft spot for life in the classroom - reading books, learning about the world around me, discussing big ideas and searching for answers to hard questions brings me great joy. And so it's no surprise that I want this…

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Schools as Job Creators

by Allison Kooser

This fall, we are exploring eduction around the world. Through a careful study of the Ahobrase Academy in Ghana, we are studying how investing in education transforms the lives of students, families and entire communities. Join us.  Ahobrase Academy has had an enormous impact on its community. As a result of the increased physical infrastructure, Ahobrase was able to grow from just a nursery school to a primary school, and then to a complete junior high school as well. With more students, the school…

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Meet Caroline Busch

by Allison Kooser

This fall, we are celebrating education by highlighting incredible students and teachers around the world - including our friends right here at home. This week, I chatted with Caroline Busch, a high school Junior at Loyola Academy in Chicago. Caroline is starting an Opportunity club at her school with her sister Charlotte and her cousin Mary Goldberg - and we think she is awesome! Hi Caroline! Thanks for talking with us! Take a minute to introduce yourself. Who are you and what do you like to do? My…

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