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An Educated Difference
On a road in Nagpur, India, Madhuri walks her children to school in their freshly pressed school uniforms, large backpacks engulfing their tiny frames. Ria (4) and Yesh (5) are two of the only children…
Read MoreMasterChef champ goes head-to-head with MasterChef…
https://www.miragenews.com/masterchef-champ-goes-head-to-head-with-masterchef-guest-judge-in-curry-cook-off/
Read MoreTechOne 'accelerate progress' to help children out…
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/320117
Read MoreHow Fintech Is Transforming Microfinance
Opportunity International, a Chicago-based nonprofit, believes that the path out of extreme poverty for many people around the world lies in entrepreneurship. It provides access to microloans to the very…
Read MoreTHE INTERVIEW: MEREDITH SCOTT, CEO OF OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL…
Meredith Scott is the new chief executive officer of international development organisation Opportunity International Australia. The 53-year-old Sydney-based mother of two, who has previously had a 32…
Read MoreFormer premiers hope for a more 'positive lens'
They were once rivals across the dispatch box in Macquarie Street's political bear pit but two former premiers, Kristina Keneally and Mike Baird, took to the stage together on Thursday to reflect on life…
Read MoreMasterChef champ goes head-to-head with MasterChef…
2017 MasterChef champ Diana Chan will go head-to-head with MasterChef guest judge, Ian Curley, in an Opportunity International Australia curry cook-off on 9 October at Canvas House in South Melbourne.…
Read MoreOn the International Day of Charity we honour our generous…
Today, on the International Day of Charity, we celebrate our generous donors and volunteers who are helping to end poverty.
Read MoreHope is a glimmer of light to guide us; it shines bright…
“Hope,” says writer Rebecca Solnit, “is a belief that what we do matters . . . an understanding that the future is not yet written.” To me, this is the spirit of Opportunity International Australia’s…
Read MoreLet's equip entrepreneurs to end poverty
An opinion piece in Inside Small Business by Opportunity CEO Meredith Scott on why we should equip entrepreneurs in developing countries to end poverty.
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