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Empowering Women & Girls Around the World with Half the Sky

by Opportunity International

Though microfinance is available to both men and women entrepreneurs, the gains that women achieve are almost three times more likely to be reinvested in their children—providing a powerful generational multiplier that accelerates economic growth. A woman will spend 90% of her income on her family, while men typically spend only 35%. That’s why if we want to change the world, we need to focus on providing women with economic opportunities. “One of the best ways to fight poverty is to educate…

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Ranked One of Philanthropedia’s Top Microfinance Organizations for 2012

by Opportunity International

This week, we were honored to learn that a group of 72 experts identified Opportunity International as one of 11 high-impact nonprofits working in the field of international microfinance. As a result, Philanthropedia has chosen to highlight us as one of their ranked microfinance organizations on their website and on GuideStar’s Take Action site. There, Philanthropedia’s analysis states: “Microfinance experts believe that Opportunity International is innovative in developing new products and…

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Meeting Each of Us Where We Are

by Rich McClure

Rich McClure, a member of Opportunity’s Board of Governors, wrote the following post about his Insight Trip last week to India. As I finished an impactful Insight Trip to see Opportunity’s operations in Chennai, India, I was convicted again by Jesus’s example of meeting people where they are. No matter how a person regards Jesus–as a stranger, great teacher, gifted prophet or Lord–He meets each of us in our circumstances. To the Hindus, Muslims and people of other faiths, or no faith, in…

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Meet Our Staff: Starting a New Chapter with the Governors

by Nicole Mohovich

In October 2011, I took a leap of faith leaving some amazing friends and the fast pace of New York City to come back to my sweet hometown of Chicago. I achieved wonderful things in my career, coordinating conferences for 150-2,500 people, special events, outings, and managing a state of the art conference center for Goldman Sachs. In seven years, I traveled across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East with an amazing team and now it was time for a new adventure. I’m thrilled to be back…

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What We’re Pinning: Words to Live By

by Emily Terrell

What is it about a good quote that captures our attention and tugs at our heartstrings? Pinterest is full of quotes—some funny, some sad, and many are truly inspirational. So here’s a few of our favorite quotes we found on Pinterest this week. We hope they’ll inspire you too!  Good reminder from Sevenly.  Inspiration from Mother Teresa.  Well said. Let’s work together to empower women! (Pin from Half the Sky).  Compelling insight from J.R.R. Tolkien, via Invisible Children.  Important…

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Understanding the Needs of Farmers in Kyenjojo, Uganda

by Christa Countryman

Microfinance is more than just loans and savings and business—it’s a way forward for many families with few resources and little hope. Wherever we work, we strive to understand the local communities and to get to know the families who use our resources. This is my third in a six-part blog series that explores how we serve the families of Kyenjojo, Uganda. The Kyenjojo area is agriculturally diverse with crops such as tea, coffee, bananas, pineapples, cassava, sweet potatoes, maize and many others.…

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Our Hearts Go Out to Those Affected by Floods in the Philippines

by Leilanie Delrosario

I was just in a market a few weeks ago when my husband, children and I went home to visit our families in the Philippines. We were admiring and appreciating the many beautiful handicrafts the Filipinos create so well. My daughters and I went from stall to stall and we could not decide which trinkets and artisan creations to buy as souvenirs–they all looked so beautiful! There were more than 100 stalls selling different kinds of merchandise, and now there are hundreds of thousands of families around…

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Taking a Bite Out of Poverty with Cookies for Change

by Deanna Giolas

The kitchen at Opportunity International’s U.S. headquarters was filled with the intoxicating aroma of freshly baked cookies; this was no ordinary day in the office. As the Cookie Monster sang recently, “You got cookie, so share it maybe,” and sharing was the theme of this cookie contest fundraiser organized by the summer interns. “Cookies for Change” tapped into employees’ love of sweets, their generosity and their competitive spirit to aid in Opportunity’s fight to empower individuals…

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Meet Our Staff: Join the Online Conversation with Our Team

by Emily Terrell

My first real experience with microfinance was in a Rwandan hospital. It was a little over a year ago, and I was on a three-week educational trip to Rwanda. One of our first days there, my group and I were introduced to a Trust Group of about eight women, all of whom had been widowed, some by the 1994 Genocide or by AIDS. Although their peace and joy in the midst of such pain impressed me, I was most overwhelmed by the ambition and generosity shown through their actions as microfinance clients.…

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What We’re Pinning: Farming Around the World

by Emily Terrell

A lot of our work focuses on smallholder farmers—helping them increase productivity, build food security, and giving them the financial tools they need to succeed. So this week on Pinterest, we wanted to share our favorite agriculture pins in honor of farmers around the world who work so hard to provide food for their communities. Woman working on a chili farm in India. Farmer harvesting coffee in Colombia. A fistful of wheat = life. Photo by ONE.org. Tulbagh Valley Olive Farm in South Africa. Banaue…

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