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3 Ways Opportunity International Will Tackle Poverty in Mozambique This Year

by Allison Bearden

Opportunity Mozambique is providing over 57,000 impoverished clients with loans, savings and insurance to catalyze sustainable economic development across the country. In 2013, Banco Oportunidade de Moçambique (BOM) will reach more impoverished families through the following three strategies, among others: Investing in Savings Expansion with New Products and Promotions. Savings help protect low-income families against shocks, smooth household consumption, enhance business productivity and empower…

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A Day in the $1.50 Life

by Joe Sandler

Young Ambassador for Opportunity member Joe Sandler Lived Below the Line last year. He recounts his experience here. Join Opportunity supporters and Young Ambassadors like Joe in Living Below the Line for Opportunity April 29-May 3 2013. Spend less than $1.50 a day on food and drink in honor of the 1.4 billion people who survive on less than $1.50 a day every day. Live Below the Line so that others can rise above it. Unofficially, it is the first day that I am attempting to “Live below the Line,”…

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#Mifimon: Microfinance and Higher Education

by Andres Hammer

The following is a guest post from Andres Hammer, an intern at MF Transparency. Our mid-February #mifimon topic was: “microfinance and higher education.” One of the panelists was Chuck Waterfield @chuckwaterfield, who has 25 years of experience in microfinance, is on the faculty of Columbia University/SIPA, and is CEO & president of MicroFinance Transparency. Chuck’s course at SIPA teaches “how to build an MFI” and focuses on business planning, decision making and financial modeling…

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Opportunity International joins forces with Carly Fiorina’s One Woman Initiative

by Opportunity International

Opportunity International today announced a dynamic partnership with Carly Fiorina and the One Woman Initiative to empower an additional two million women living in poverty through financial resources, education and training to build sustainable futures. As a Global Ambassador to Opportunity International, Fiorina will lend her voice and influence to Opportunity’s efforts to build a network of women investing in women to end the cycle of poverty. Now under Opportunity’s umbrella, the One Woman…

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Living and Giving with Reckless Abandon

by Allison Kooser

Opportunity International supporter Deyl Kearin knows a little something about adventure. Last October, Deyl set out to run 250 kilometers across the Sahara Desert to raise money for Opportunity’s clients working their way out of poverty around the world. As part of the Sahara Race, Deyl braved the heat of the desert for six days in honor of people facing even greater challenges. “Being involved with Opportunity for the last decade has helped me realize that as extreme as my circumstances will…

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Six Questions with Opportunity International’s Technical Proposal Writer Allison Bearden

by Allison Bearden

How long have you worked at Opportunity? I began in August 2010 as an intern and I accepted my current job in May 2011, so I’ve been in this position for a little over one and a half years. What career path led you here? I went to Westmont College, back home in California (I grew up in San Diego). I was a political science major and loved my international studies classes. I became deeply interested in microfinance when I learned about it in an international development class. While in college,…

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150,000 people displaced by Flooding in Chokwe, Mozambique

by Opportunity International

Flooding of up to six feet has ravaged homes and businesses in Chokwe, Mozambique over the past week, killing 38 people and displacing over 150,000. According to Opportunity Mozambique’s head of branch network, Lusungu Kaunda, “The office is badly damaged and more importantly, over half of our 2,600 clients in the rural village have lost their homes and/or businesses due to the rising waters and subsequent looting. Thirteen of our 15 staff have literally lost everything. We have moved them to…

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What We’re Watching: Vicki Escarra on CEOIntroNet

by Ian Haisley

In a recent interview with CEOIntroNet, our CEO Vicki Escarra highlighted Opportunity’s innovative approach in the field. Watch the footage to hear more about Opportunity’s unique approach to working with donors and the community economic development work underway in Nicaragua, where donors and staff are working together on a community economic development (CED) program. Focused on entrepreneurial education, community-led projects, local artisan support and agricultural solutions, the CED program…

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“I Have a Dream” for an End to Poverty: Martin Luther King’s March on Washington

by Emily Riemer

Martin Luther King, Jr. led 250,000 people in the “March on Washington” in August 1963. On the national mall, Dr. King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. In it, he called for an end to inequality in American society, peaceful reconciliation among races and ethnic groups, and social and economic justice. Today, 50 years later, Martin Luther King’s words inspire us to fight for justice at home and around the world. At Opportunity International, we’re moved by King’s impassioned…

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The Power of Technology to Eradicate Poverty

by Opportunity International

Technology efficiently and cheaply brings financial services to people in remote or rural areas. It breaks through barriers throughout the developing world, where people are excluded from financial services because of illiteracy, expensive transportation and geographic isolation. With the support of our strategic partners, individual donors and dedicated staff, Opportunity International leverages technology to help free people from the cycle of poverty. We utilize cell phone banking, satellite bank…

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