Share this post The connection between financial inclusion and health can begin with something as simple as a household visit. A community health worker visits a household to talk about health. The conversation covers pregnancy and nutrition, and the health worker takes the adults’ blood pressure. She provides some advice and might even identify something
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Share this post In late July, Opportunity International Canada and our partner, Sinapi Aba Trust, welcomed a delegation from Global Affairs Canada, including Melanie Raymond, Chief Economist, and Barnabé Ndarishikanye, Counsellor (Development Assistance), to Northern Ghana. The visit provided an opportunity to meet participants in the Climate Resilient Livelihoods for Women in Northern Ghana (CLIMB) project, funded by
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Share this post This blog is part of a series written by President & CEO, Dan Murray on his 28 days pilgrimage along the Via Francigena. Along with OIC supporter, Mark Petersen, Dan is using his vacation time to raise $150,000 in support of families around the world working to create lasting pathways out of
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Share this post This blog is part of a series written by President & CEO, Dan Murray on his 28 days pilgrimage along the Via Francigena. Along with OIC supporter, Mark Petersen, Dan is using his vacation time to raise $150,000 in support of families around the world working to create lasting pathways out of
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Share this post This blog is part of a series written by President & CEO, Dan Murray on his 28 days pilgrimage along the Via Francigena. Along with OIC supporter, Mark Petersen, Dan is using his vacation time to raise $150,000 in support of families around the world working to create lasting pathways out of
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Share this post In rural Nicaragua, microfinance is helping women like Senayda build thriving businesses without leaving their communities. Before sunrise in El Brasil, Nicaragua, Senayda is already awake, working corn into dough by hand. By 8 a.m., her small kitchen has become a production line. By midday, hundreds of tortillas, hojaldres, rosquillas, and empanadas
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Share this post This blog is part of a series written by President & CEO, Dan Murray on his 28 days pilgrimage along the Via Francigena. Along with OIC supporter, Mark Petersen, Dan is using his vacation time to raise $150,000 in support of families around the world working to create lasting pathways out of
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Share this post In my nine years with Opportunity, I have had the privilege of sitting with the clients we serve and hearing their stories firsthand. Over time, I’ve noticed something remarkable. While every story is different, they often share a common thread. The people we serve have skills. They have determination. They have customers
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Share this post Danellia wakes up at 3:00 a.m. every day. Long before dawn, while most are still asleep, she is already at work—mixing dough by hand, shaping tortillas one by one, cooking over heat and flame. There is no machinery. No automation. No margin for rest. Every step of the process relies on her own strength and grit. By the
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Share this post When we talk about poverty and food security, we are really talking about people — families working hard to provide and build better lives. And if we want solutions that are both effective and lasting, we must look beyond the symptoms of poverty and address the deeper barriers that keep people from
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