As an innovative group-lending methodology, developed in 1992 by Opportunity International, Trust Groups deliver a network of accountability and support toward achieving personal, economic, social and spiritual transformation.
ABC News Affiliate Anchor Kimberly Hunt travels to Nicaragua to see firsthand the success of Opportunity International's microfinance clients. Go with her on a client visit to meet Zacharías Antonio Solís, an entrepreneur who started his own aluminum pot manufacturing business.
Opportunity International provides a sustainable development solution to global poverty. With a proven model of Trust Groups, our microloans, training and support empower our clients to transform their lives.
Travel with ABC News Affiliate Anchor Kimberly Hunt to Nicaragua to see firsthand the success of Opportunity International's microfinance clients. Kimberly and Opportunity CEO Chris Crane visit two entrepreneurs: Juanita Gutierrez, a seamstress, and Ana María Cajetas, a candymaker.
Want to learn more about microfinance and how Opportunity International works? This microfinance video gives a brief overview of the system that is positively changing lives around the world.
Opportunity International CEO Chris Crane presents entrepreneurs Clementine and Andre Uzabakiriho of Rwanda with a key to the bank to celebrate reaching one million active loan clients.
Opportunity International's Micro Insurance Agency is developing and providing life, health and crop insurance for poor people, with plans to expand in 11 countries thanks to $24.2 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. See here the positive effects of crop insurance on farmers' lives in Malawi.
Jobs are scarce in San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua. But without a source of income, Rosa Argentina could not send her children to school. See how she created her own business and a new sense of confidence for her family's future in this video about Rosa's bakery.
Opportunity International client Alba of Honduras took out her first loan of $92 to start a shoe-making business. Now she has nea Opportunity International client Alba of Honduras took out her first loan of $92 to start a shoe-making business. Now she has nearly tripled her income, and hired four employees who can also now support their families. See more success stories at www.opportunity.org
In the remote mountains surrounding Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Victoria Gumede runs a school lunch program for public schoolchildren. Each afternoon, her program feeds 5,000 children, providing them with what may be their only meal of the day. Without Opportunity International's loans, Victoria's business would not exist.
Working in India, Bhuvana talks about her experience as an Opportunity International Transformation Officer and what it means to provide clients with much more than just a loan.
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