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MicroEnsure Ghana Crosses One Million Milestone for Number of Lives Insured

by Opportunity International

The following post was originally published on microensure.com. This July , five years after its inception, MicroEnsure Ghana achieved one of its greatest successes: it crossed the milestone of insuring one million Ghanaians, a remarkable achievement considering it was serving just 40,000 lives in 2010. Beginning operations in 2007, MicroEnsure Ghana has held its place as Ghana’s first and largest microinsurance intermediary. Currently, 94.6% of Ghanaians, over 23 million people, have no insurance…

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Lend Your Voice to The Global Appeal for Responsible Microfinance

by Meghan Greene

The following post was originally published on the Center for Financial Inclusion blog by Meghan Greene, Manager of the Microfinance CEO Working Group, the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. Today, in front of the 3,000 attendees of the Convergences 2015 World Forum in Paris, microfinance leaders unveiled the “Global Appeal for Responsible Microfinance,” a landmark document that urges all microfinance stakeholders to take concerted action to ensure a strong and principled microfinance…

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My Visit to King George School with our New CEO Vicki Escarra

by Cynthia Greenwood

All this week, I’ve been traveling in Ghana meeting clients and staff, seeing firsthand our work in education finance, agricultural finance, and the technology innovations that help us reach many more clients. Over the weekend, I was joined by our new CEO Vicki Escarra, who is traveling on her first of many trips to get to know our work, our international staff and our hardworking clients. Last Friday, I visited King George International School in a crowded market in one of the most impoverished…

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Meet Women Smallholder Farmers in Ghana

by Cynthia Greenwood

This past week, our Publications & Media Manager, Cynthia, has been traveling in Ghana to meet clients and staff, see our work in education finance and agricultural finance, and experience firsthand the technology innovations that help us reach many more clients. On Friday, I visited three women farmers–Emelia George, Enyoman Hlordzi and Gladys Donu–in Ada, an area two hours outside of Ghana’s capital Accra. As far as the eye could see were small plots of land financed through Opportunity’s…

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Microfinance’s Risky Lending Is a Safe Bet

by Kadita Tshibaka

The following post by Kadita “A.T.” Tshibaka, on our Board of Directors, was originally published on The Huffington Post. As I look at the microfinance industry globally, I’m encouraged by the trends and the progress we’ve achieved so far. Whether you search in Wikipedia, CGAP or MIX Market, whatever the source of the data and however qualified, microfinance does have an impact on the lives of some 100 million clients today. And when you take into account that our clients are supporting an…

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What We’re Pinning: FUNdraisers

by Emily Terrell

Every non-profit needs donors and fundraisers to survive. But it’s the most fun when the donors become fundraisers, and use their creativity to raise support for a cause they really care about. This week, we pinned a few of our favorite fundraising ideas that were done for Opportunity, or that we just thought looked like fun! If you’d like to start an online fundraiser on opportunity.org, you can get started here. YAO-LA member Alison Oviedo ran in the mud with friends to celebrate graduation…

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A Breeze of Change in Ghana

by Michael Okleme

I left Opportunity Ghana for the U.S. in 2007, after almost four years serving the local staff and clients–first, as a loan officer, bringing Opportunity to disadvantaged women, men and children; then as a loan supervisor, providing leadership to other loan officers; and then as a Relationship Manager with a great team of loan officers and supervisors. We served clients in the Ashaiman community of Ghana with life-transforming Opportunity products, and we shared their hearts because we believed…

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Christy Turlington Burns Visits Opportunity Tanzania with Every Mother Counts

by Opportunity International

At the end of August, Christy Turlington Burns, Opportunity International partner, model and philanthropist, took a day out from her family vacation in Tanzania to see our Arusha branch. Christy is the founder of Every Mother Counts, an advocacy and mobilization campaign that increases education and support for maternal mortality worldwide, and the director/producer of the documentary film, No Woman, No Cry. In Arusha, she met with staff and clients, including Stanley Tsikirayi, CEO of Opportunity…

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9/11 Eleven Years On–Turning a Tragedy into Good Deeds

by Opportunity International

By Opportunity International on September 11, 2012 Eleven years ago, Americans faced one of the biggest national tragedies of their lifetimes. We are all honoring that tragedy, as well as the sacrifices and heroism of all the victims–passengers on the hijacked flights; those in the Twin Towers and the Pentagon; and the police, firefighters and other first responders–and their families, with tributes, ceremonies and religious services. Today, 11 years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, people…

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What We’re Watching: IDP Rising Schools Brings Better Education to Ghanaian Kids

by Opportunity International

About IDP A growing body of research reveals many of the world’s most impoverished parents choose to send their children to private schools instead of subsidized or free government schools. These private schools are owned and operated by local school proprietors who charge an affordable tuition to parents who demand higher accountability than the government sector can provide. However, despite growing market demand, low-cost private schools lack access to many basic services. In response to this…

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