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"I am very impressed by the work Opportunity International is doing...it's the kind of work we need globally. We hope they get the support they deserve..."
Founder and Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Prof. Yunus and Edward Fox, CEO Opportunity UK
"Look at how microfinance efforts like Opportunity International are changing the lives of the poor because it is practical, targeted, and makes sense."
Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
“Through its microenterprise development programs, Opportunity International combats global human suffering at its root cause—poverty. Opportunity is opening doors to economic, social, and spiritual transformation that were once closed to many of the world’s poorest people.”
Peruvian economist, Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
“By supporting Opportunity International’s valuable work in Malawi and Tanzania, the Scottish Government is demonstrating its commitment to alleviating poverty and suffering. Opportunity International’s work is helping vulnerable people in developing countries access financial services, and providing a way out of poverty for individuals, their families and communities.”
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, Scottish Government
"Our Global Development Program works with Opportunity International on a relatively simple technology that is helping women in Malawi save their children from destitution. Opportunity International helps by dustributing 'smart cards'...Smart cards have become so popular in Malawi that they're now regularly given as gifts at wedding showers."
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
"Expanding access to basic banking and insurance services is a critical tool to give poor people the resources and opportunities to help lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Opportunity International is one of the most capable and innovative organisations working on these issues worldwide and we are very pleased to be able to help them expand and scale up their operations across Africa."
President of the Global Development Program,
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
"We wanted to invest the money from the sale of our business in helping other entrepreneurs. We looked for the best way to do that, and found Opportunity International. Our trip to visit their work in Ghana gave us a far deeper insight into Opportunity than we could possibly have imagined. We were enormously impressed by what we saw and the trip brought it all to life."
The Stone Family Foundation,
Founder & Chairman of Lombard International Assurance
"JPMorgan has a longstanding relationship with Opportunity International and has supported many of its projects around the world, promoting the principle of giving people a hand up, not a hand out. I have seen for myself the tremendous impact the Opportunity banks are making in Ghana and the tangible difference being made to many people's lives. The determination, drive and entrepreneurial spirit displayed by the clients is truly inspiring."
Global Head of Research, JPMorgan
"I am sceptical about the relief of Third World poverty by aid. I believe that self-help is the only long-term solution to poverty. There are however, even for the enterprising poor, obstacles to enterprise which make it impossible for them to lift themselves out of poverty. Opportunity International directs itself to enabling individuals and communities to overcome such obstacles."
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