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Hope is universal
Opportunity provides immense hope to the families it serves. Hope leads to self-respect. When I visited some of Opportunity’s loan recipients in India, I was moved by the huge lift in self-respect experienced…
Read MoreInspiring new futures for Indonesian families living…
Opportunity International Australia provides small loans to hundreds of thousands of families In Indonesia to build businesses, which range from food and handicraft stalls, to producing goblets from recycled…
Read MoreYou can change perceptions by doing the unexpected
I heard Michael Kasprowicz, a former fast bowler for the Australian Cricket Team and Opportunity International Australia Council member, speaking this week at a lunch about perceptions and how you can…
Read MoreBreaking the cycle of poverty - one small loan at a…
People often ask me: “What is poverty?” Is the face of poverty the 767 million people around the world who live on less than US$1.90 a day? Or is it much more than a low income? Poverty means you have…
Read MoreBreaking the cycle of poverty - one small loan at a…
People often ask me: “What is poverty?” Is the face of poverty the 767 million people around the world who live on less than US$1.90 a day? Or is it much more than a low income? Poverty means you have…
Read MoreEmpowering women in Asia to be businesswomen and health…
Seema Bharti is easily one of the most impressive women you’ll ever meet. Seema is one of the women Opportunity International Australia supporters helped to set up a business with a small loan and receive…
Read MorePay it forward – One Another does good design, designed…
One Another is an amazing online store working hard to provide unique handmade goods crafted by disadvantaged women in developing countries, acting on the principle that behind every one of its products…
Read MoreFour Steps to Becoming an Agent of Change
https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2017/05/four-steps-becoming-agent-change/
Read MoreHow expressing yourself authentically can help empower…
http://www.fpmagazine.com.au/industry-insider-may-fundraising-news-349507/
Read MoreOur choices can have a powerful impact on the lives…
I witnessed firsthand the human impulse for self-determination, human dignity and community building in my visits to India with Opportunity International Australia. The women I met gave generously of their…
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