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Green Tea And Honey With Muhammad Yunus
Opportunity International Australia's Proposal and Program Coordinator, Jessica Carter, tells us what she learned after meeting Muhammad Yunus on his recent visit to Sydney.
Read MoreSpotlight On A Volunteer
Friday 5 December is International Volunteer Day. Communications Intern Katarina Andre, reflects on her journey encountering microfinance and the great value in volunteering her time and efforts for a…
Read MoreSomething Bigger
A piglet, a handloom and a cooking stall might not look like they have much in common, but thanks to the hard work and determination of families in need, they’re all items that can pave a pathway out…
Read MoreHow Many New Businesses Could You Start This Week?
19 November marks Women's Entrepreneurship Day. Entrepreneur Carden Calder, reflects on how the occasional hand up helped her, and how the loans provided by Opportunity International Australia help change…
Read MoreHow A Small Loan Changed Seema's Life
Seema lives in a slum just outside Delhi in India. Every day she struggled to feed her five children. But in spite of her hardship, Seema faced every day with a smile so wide it made everyone who saw it…
Read MoreStarting A School With $200
Just 20 minutes from the head office of Opportunity Bank Uganda in central Kampala, I am in a ute, bumping up and down along dusty, rocky, unsealed narrow roads to reach one of the most well-reputed primary…
Read MoreWhat Opportunity International's Vicki Escarra & Carly…
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-02-01/news/58675889_1_indian-women-small-business-loans-two-women
Read MoreGive A Hand Up, Not A Hand Out
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/give-a-hand-up-not-a-handout/story-fni0dcne-1227107736440
Read MoreCooking Up Change
This year’s Food for Thought campaign is coming to a close and we’ve been blown away by people’s creativity and determination to make a difference.
Read MoreLeave No One Behind
Since 1990, extreme poverty rates have been cut in half – but 1 in 9 people still remain hungry every day. Friday 17 October marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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