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Celebrating huge milestones in EduFinance
Recently, Opportunity’s EduFinance program celebrated the milestone of helping over 10 million children receive a quality education around the world.
Read MoreVisiting Health Leaders in Bangladesh and India
In August 2022, the Opportunity team visited our Health Leaders program in Indonesia and Bangladesh, focused on program quality through monitoring, evaluation and learning plans.
Read MoreMicrofinance Results Depend A Lot On Where Borrowers…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2022/08/29/microfinance-results-depend-a-lot-on-where-borrowers-live/?sh=68825bcf7d48
Read MoreThe Great Australian Curry is Back!
https://www.indusage.com.au/the-great-australian-curry-is-back/
Read MoreThe Great Australian Curry is back
After a two-year hiatus, Opportunity International Australia’s signature fundraising event, the Great Australian Curry, is back!
Read MoreStudents raising money through The Opportunity Challenge
The Opportunity Challenge is an innovative fundraising challenge aimed at school students to empower and educate them about fighting global poverty.
Read MoreBangladesh Health Leaders teaching invaluable lessons
In 2021, 550 new Health Leaders were trained in Bangladesh through our health programs, serving more than 120,000 people. Here are some of the women and their daughters' stories.
Read MoreJasmine's business venture with cows and goats
Jasmine and her husband Mamad live in a small village in the west of India. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, they lost their jobs and had no other source of income.
Read MoreVandana's creating spice for a better life
Vandana and her husband Pawan run a spice shop, flour mill and mustard seed oil refinery in their village in India – three businesses they kickstarted with an initial small loan a few years back.
Read MoreMeet Bindu: From one small loan to owning a small business
$300 — that's all it took for Bindu, a dedicated wife and mother in India, to buy the raw materials she needed to start her own broom-making business.
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