Microfinance an important tool to help alleviate poverty but two billion still struggle to survive, says Opportunity International Australia head
Microfinance has been an important tool in halving the number of people living in poverty over the past 20 years but there are still some two billion people living on less than $US3.20 a day, according Meredith Scott, CEO of microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International. In comments made to mark the start of Anti-Poverty Week […]
THE INTERVIEW: MEREDITH SCOTT, CEO OF OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA
Meredith Scott is the new chief executive officer of international development organisation Opportunity International Australia. She talks with DAVID ADAMS about what’s surprised her about the new job, the organisation’s new “tagline”, and how her faith inspires her to help others…
ESSAY: WHY DOES IT MATTER THAT 1.7 BILLION ADULTS REMAIN “UNBANKED”?
ROBERT DUNN, global executive director of microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International, says having a bank account for financial transactions benefits both the individual and society as a whole…
ESSAY: HOW ENTREPRENEURS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE GETTING KIDS INTO SCHOOL
With today marking Universal Children’s Day, CHRIS MURDOCH, Opportunity International Australia’s global chief strategist, says that if the gains made in reducing global poverty are to be maintain, children must be provided access to quality education and employment opportunities…
WOW! COOKING UP A CURRY TO CHANGE LIVES
Microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International Australia are holding hot and spicy fundraiser – the Great Australian Curry campaign – to help address the issue of poverty around the world over the next couple of months. Here, some of the more high profile participants talk about why they’re taking part…
DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL: THE GROWING TREND OF TAILORING SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY
In the second in a special series on the work of Opportunity International Australia and its partner agencies in the Philippines, DAVID ADAMS reports on the changing nature and new innovations in the world of microfinance…
DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL: HOW MICROFINANCE IS HELPING TO CHANGE LIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES
In the first of a series looking at the work of Christian microfinance organisation Opportunity International Australia and its partner agency ASKI in The Philippines, DAVID ADAMS reports on how small loans are changing lives…
Celebrating entrepreneurs in developing countries who “swim against the tide”
One of the micro-enterpreneurs supported through the work of Opportunity International Australia. PICTURE: Opportunity International Australia World Entrepreneurs Day is a time to celebrate the many remarkable entrepreneurs who live in developing countries and “swim against the tide and flourish”, according to Christian microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International Australia. Marked internationally on 21st […]
THIS LIFE: BECOMING AN AGENT OF CHANGE
MARIE KELLY-DAVIES, of Opportunity International Australia, reflects on what being an agent of change in today’s world entails…
ESSAY: FOUR STEPS TO ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMS
SUZZANNE LAIDLAW, well-known Australian business coach and among the speakers at the upcoming inaugural Opportunity Women4Women Conference in Perth next week, talks about how dreams – like the alleviation of poverty – can become reality through a simple, four step process…