Ash, a teacher and refugee living in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, developed an innovative product to help tackle hunger and low-nutrition in her classroom.
Mary is a businesswoman and farmer living in Malawi, building a better future for herself and her family with the help of Opportunity International.
Felicia is a farmer in Rwanda. With access to a loan and training, she was able to invest in her farm and become an independent earner in her household.
Alice has been able to transform her farm and diversify her income through access to finance and training, helping her to buy health insurance for her family and buy clothes for her children.
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I've had a long and varied career. I've been a schoolmaster, university lecturer, Bank of England economist, oil company executive, power company finance director, headhunter and competition enforcer. I've been director of a water company, an estate agent and a wind generator, I've worked for FAO and I've developed infrastructure projects in Africa and Asia. But nowhere have I come across more creativity and commitment to make the world a better place than in my 20+ years of association with Opportunity. Giving the poor access to financial services may not sound very exciting, but it is, and it's incredibly important, and Opportunity does it very well.
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