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The Great Australian Curry is back
After a two-year hiatus, Opportunity International Australia’s signature fundraising event, the Great Australian Curry, is back!
Read MoreStudents raising money through The Opportunity Challenge
The Opportunity Challenge is an innovative fundraising challenge aimed at school students to empower and educate them about fighting global poverty.
Read MoreBangladesh Health Leaders teaching invaluable lessons
In 2021, 550 new Health Leaders were trained in Bangladesh through our health programs, serving more than 120,000 people. Here are some of the women and their daughters' stories.
Read MoreJasmine's business venture with cows and goats
Jasmine and her husband Mamad live in a small village in the west of India. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, they lost their jobs and had no other source of income.
Read MoreVandana's creating spice for a better life
Vandana and her husband Pawan run a spice shop, flour mill and mustard seed oil refinery in their village in India – three businesses they kickstarted with an initial small loan a few years back.
Read MoreMeet Bindu: From one small loan to owning a small business
$300 — that's all it took for Bindu, a dedicated wife and mother in India, to buy the raw materials she needed to start her own broom-making business.
Read More2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours for Opportunity community
Opportunity International Australia congratulates three recipients of the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Read MoreNew study highlights quality of life benefits of Microfinance
A ground-breaking new study shows that Opportunity clients benefit from increased quality of life, improved healthcare, education and nutrition.
Read MoreSelvi's Story: Overcoming COVID-19 misinformation
Selvi is 52 and lives with her two children in a rural area where she runs a small tailoring business that she was able to start with a small loan.
Read MoreOne year on from India’s COVID-19 crisis
In May 2021, India became the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, recording over 400,000 daily cases and making headlines around the world as the Delta variant and a wide-reaching health crisis unfolded.
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