About Opportunity International

Opportunity International serves hardworking, inspiring entrepreneurs—14 million, to be exact—in 24 countries around the world. These are women and men with ambitious dreams for their futures who simply need an opportunity to thrive. Opportunity International provides these entrepreneurs with access to loans, savings, insurance and training – tools that empower them to work their way out of poverty. Together, CPC and Opportunity are impacting families with a hand up, rather than a handout.

History of CPC and Opportunity International

A family of woodworkers

Francisco and Fidel Aleman are brothers working together to run a wood artisan business that has been in their family for the past 15 years. They were initially taught the trade by their “abuelo” Jose Jacinto Aleman. Jose is now 95 but still hangs around their workshop during the day. Through partnering with Opportunity Nicaragua for the past 2 years as part of the Artisan Community Program, Fidel and Francisco have been able to export their products out of Nicaragua. Because of this, they have hired 3 additional workers from the community and increased their production and sales - sustainably growing the size of their small business. Fidel has 2 children that already have started learning the trade and helping out in the shop when they can. While they hope to keep the business “in the family”, they want to continue grow by training and hiring additional community members to work in the shop.

Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.

Matthew 25:40

For more information, contact Lori Olson at 612-875-0042 or [email protected]