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Employee empowerment is a key driver of business performance
Over the years, I’ve realised the centrality of employee empowerment as a driver of business performance. It’s the passion, commitment and sense of ownership employees have for their role and responsibilities…
Read MoreAustralian brand One Another supporting artisans in…
Photographer and graphic designer Rick Carter is a bit of a wanderer – and he wouldn’t have it any other way. “I have always been addicted to travelling and it was during an adventure that I fell…
Read MoreThrough the looking glass: How economics influenced…
Microfinance, which is based on sound economics, is a sustainable approach to poverty alleviation. Microfinance empowers women and families. A microfinance loan can have a broad and long term effect because…
Read MoreSocial Selling for Social Change is changing the world…
I believe that when women are empowered, so are their families, their communities and the world. That’s why our mission to empower women and girls out of poverty is at the heart of what we do at Lily…
Read MoreHope 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 MoreHope 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…
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