Education Finance
WHAT WE DO
Ending extreme poverty tomorrow, by ensuring access to quality education today.
Today, 617 million children worldwide are not meeting basic proficiency levels in reading and mathematics—or are not in school at all. When children lack quality education, it perpetuates poverty and global inequality, generation after generation. Because education is the single greatest determinant of future economic status and self-reliance, Opportunity is committed to increasing access to and keeping children enrolled in quality education around the world.
How we are closing the poverty gap through education.
Education Finance
We offer School Improvement Loans and School Fee Loans through local financial institutions to help low-cost private schools construct more classrooms, improve infrastructure, enhance security measures, and support parents in paying school fees on time.
Education Quality
Our EduQuality initiative supports more than 1,600 schools in improving teaching, strengthening school leadership, and creating better learning environments. Through School Clusters and the Pathways to Excellence framework, educators work together to help more children succeed in school and build brighter futures.
Our impact in education.
In FY2024-25, 658,833 marginalized learners across Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Pakistan, and Uganda gained access to better schools — through school improvement loans that upgrade facilities, and teacher training programs that raise the quality of education inside the classroom.
CLIENT STORY
Transforming a community through education.
Ana María Cabrera started her school in a rented house in Cancino Adentro, just outside Santo Domingo, with no money, no furniture, and 20 children who needed somewhere safe to learn. Today, her school serves 160 students from age two through Grade 5, with a team of 11 staff, English classes, arts programming, and a visiting psychologist. Through Opportunity’s EduFinance and EduQuality programs, she has accessed school improvement financing and professional training to keep growing — because, as she says, “the children in my community deserve the best.”