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What We’re Reading: Last Week’s Insight Trip to Colombia & Nicaragua

by Opportunity International

Opportunity International staff and contributors just returned this week from the first Insight Trip of 2012. Their travel adventure took them to Colombia and Nicaragua where they experienced microfinance firsthand and met our staff and clients. Four of our travelers published their personal accounts and reflections on a travel blog at adventuringincolombianicaragua.tumblr.com and we’ve loved reading each of their takes on it. Check them out: Day 1 in Colombia – a photo blog of clients and staff……

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Check It Out! Credit Suisse Reports on the Impact of Microfinance & Technology in Malawi

by Opportunity International

We’re pleased to announce that Opportunity International is featured in this month’s Credit Suisse Bulletin. The four-page article, which was the result of Credit Suisse’s visit to Opportunity Malawi last year, is located on pages 42-45. Click here to see a complete copy of the Bulletin or read the story online. Click here to watch new video on credit-suisse.com featuring Opportunity's technological innovations in Malawi, and the impact they have on the lives and businesses of rural clients…

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What We’re Reading: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1964 Nobel Lecture on Racial Injustice, Poverty, and War

by Emily Riemer

On December 11, 1964, the day after he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this lecture at the University of Oslo in Norway. In the lecture, he discussed what he said was “the most pressing problem facing mankind today,” which is a moral and spiritual poverty. As King put it: "This problem of spiritual and moral ‘lag,’ which constitutes modern man’s chief dilemma, expresses itself in three larger problems which grow out of man’s ethical infantilism. Each of…

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Top 5 Highlights from Opportunity’s 2011 in Review

by Jamelyn Lederhouse

As we take the first steps into 2012, it’s good to see where Opportunity International ventured on the road of 2011. We ran all over the globe and hiked into new territory both literally and figuratively. We celebrated milestones, and went to new heights, for the sake of our clients and the sustainable work of microfinance. Sometimes it can be a wild ride, but it sure is a good one. The five big events below are just a few of the highlights from Opportunity’s year. 1. An Insightful Journey At…

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Opportunity Tanzania is Listening to Microfinance Clients and Growing

by Diane Ferguson

Opportunity Tanzania achieved strong growth during 2011. As of September 30th, Opportunity Tanzania was serving 5,705 microentrepreneurs with loans, reflecting an 84% growth in just nine months, having begun 2011 with 3,093 clients. Entrepreneurs like produce seller Joyce Williamson (pictured) are using loans to improve their businesses and generate more income for their families. More about Joyce Joyce is the chairperson of the Upendo Mwanga Trust Group in Mwanga, and a mother of four who goes…

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Cell Phones Deliver Life Insurance

by Opportunity International

In October 2010, Opportunity International’s microinsurance subsidiary, MicroEnsure, launched a pilot test with the mobile network Tigo Ghana around a new product embedded into the subscriber’s airtime purchases. The more airtime Tigo customers purchase, the more free life insurance they earn for themselves and a second family member. For Tigo, this insurance has helped reduce client churn and increase airtime sales. After the successful pilot, MicroEnsure scaled up the operation in Ghana, reaching…

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Thank You for Your Partnership in 2011

by Opportunity International

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your partnership in 2011. As we look back on the year, we know that it’s because of your ongoing support that Opportunity International is able to empower our clients and their families with life-changing opportunity. Of course, there’s still so much to do. This past year marked Opportunity’s 40th anniversary of bringing life-changing financial solutions to the world’s most impoverished people. As we start the new year, we’re looking forward…

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What We’re Reading: “Ten Biggest Positive Africa Stories of 2011,” The New Yorker

by Emily Riemer

“…Yes, there is tragedy in Africa, and you will always find it there, and we must take those tragedies seriously, but there is also extraordinary opportunity. And if you see this continent as the continent of the future, it sort of reframes it. This is a continent that, by 2050, will be the largest and the youngest continent in the world…” – U2′s Bono, July 2011, The David Letterman Show As we close out 2011 and consider the momentous year it was for Africa–from the Arab Spring uprisings…

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Year-end Update from MicroEnsure, Providing a Powerful Safety Net for the World’s Most Vulnerable People

by Diane Ferguson

As we approach the end of year, we’re celebrating a big 2011 full of growth for MicroEnsure, Opportunity International‘s microinsurance subsidiary. Here are a few highlights from the year in review… During 2011, MicroEnsure grew ten-fold in Africa to cover more than one million people in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. Within two years, the company expects to serve more than five million people in Africa, the vast majority of whom have never had access to insurance. In the past year, MicroEnsure…

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas

by Opportunity International

On behalf of Opportunity International‘s global family, we wish you all the joy, peace, love and blessings of Christmas. More than ever, we’re grateful for your ongoing support of our work, which helps empower our clients and provides life-changing opportunity to their families. Below, please watch a special Christmas message featuring our clients from Malawi, Colombia, India and Mexico. We wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Watch a special Christmas message from our family…

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