As vaccination rates climb and infection rates decline in Canada, and we look forward to a return to normal, the COVID-19 virus continues to wreak havoc in the countries where we serve. As I have written before, the local Partners we work with and the clients they serve have been disproportionately affected by the economic […]
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Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless – Sherry Anderson Volunteers provide an almost infinite return on investment. In calculating ROI, the cost of the resource being measured is placed in the denominator. Since volunteers by definition aren’t paid, the denominator is zero, implying an infinite ROI. In the charity
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Happy New Year! Is it just me, or does this annual greeting sound just a little more hopeful than usual this year? The year 2020 will no doubt prove to be of deep and lasting historical significance, and I’m sure most of us are glad to see it in the rearview mirror. On New Year’s
Digital banking is something most of us take for granted. Months can go by without the need to enter a bank branch. Making bill payments, depositing paycheques, transferring funds, and even arranging loans are all carried out online using seamless and secure digital banking apps. Access to digital financial services is also an essential part of normal
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On October 3, people young and old across Canada participated in the 2020 Ride for Refuge to raise funds and awareness for the work of Opportunity International Canada. This was the second year that Opportunity Canada participated in the Ride and due to the restrictions of Covid-19, the event was opened up to a range of events that participants
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THE TIN SHACK is at the end of a row of shacks located under the shadow of a large bridge, next to a large river and beside a seething garbage dump. The river floods a couple times a year, swamping the ground floor under two feet of water. Here, in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic,
We at Opportunity International Canada were deeply saddened to learn earlier this week that COVID-19 took the life of Juan Ulloa, the Executive Director of ASODENIC, our Implementing Partner in Nicaragua. ASODENIC in an acronym for Asociación de Oportunidad y Desarrollo Económico de Nicaragua (Association of Opportunity and Economic Development of Nicaragua). ASODENIC formed in 1995,
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Amidst the numbers, worrying news, and uncertainty for the future, the sense that we are all connected in this experience bring us together at this time. Many of us involved with Opportunity International Canada — donors and staff — have had the amazing experience of visiting our clients. This usually takes the form of an Insight
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