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Supporting our clients during a global pandemic
Every community in the world has been effected by COVID-19. For all of us life has changed dramatically. We are working tirelessly with our partners on the ground to best support our clients at this…
Read MoreConnecting People to our Cause
Reflections from an Opportunity International UK volunteer two years on.
Read MoreAn Unshakeable Entrepreneurial Spirit
Akua had a thriving hairdressing salon in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Since December 2019 she had been growing her business through a small loan and applying the knowledge and skills gained from our financial…
Read MoreA Day with Confiance
19-year-old Confiance is a typical teenager. She loves music, fashion, selfies and sweets. She is also a refugee. Confiance fled Burundi with her mother and now lives in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in…
Read MoreA Determination to Succeed
As I reflect back on last year I am doing so at a time of global crisis and uncertainty. Yet when I think of the clients I have had the privilege to meet I am full of hope. On visits to Rwanda and…
Read MoreRefugees go behind the camera to tell their story
Next Saturday 20th June is World Refugee Day. It is a day to remember the courage and resilience of the millions of people who are being forcibly displaced from their homes and having to rebuild their…
Read MoreHands up for hand sanitiser!
“If life gives you a lemon, make a lemonade” - this is the attitude of Diana Anane, a 40-year old business-minded woman who lets no opportunity pass her by. Diana is married with three children…
Read MoreFarming for the Future
Nikuse farms rice and Maize in Muhanga, Rwanda. She has five children and one grandchild. Three years ago she joined a farming cooperative where she received training and access to loans through our…
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