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How 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.
Read MoreTackling the English Channel
Ben Hutt is an inspirational Ambassador for Opportunity International Australia who recently swum the English Channel to raise much-needed funds for families living in poverty.
Read MoreHot off the press: Insight Newsletter
Have you had a chance to check out the latest edition of Insight? In this edition you can find out how families living in poverty are farming a future through small loans and also spend a day with a health…
Read MoreCountry spotlight: India
India is a bustling, vibrant country with a population of over 1.2 billion people. It’s one of the fastest growing economies in the world and home to some great wealth, and yet two in three of its families…
Read MoreInvesting in mothers
A world without extreme poverty is possible. It starts with mothers. A mother is the backbone of any family. For families in extreme poverty, a mother is most often the reason the family subsists and survives…
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