Opportunity International Canada
With more than 35 years of experience in the microfinance sector, Opportunity International provides secure and affordable access to financial services to the entrepreneurial poor in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
We are know within the industry for our culture of innovation, commitment to partnership and unwavering focus on serving the world's poor.
We have adopted the triple bottom-line approach, measuring success on three levels: transformation, outreach and sustainability.
We seek holistic transformation and aim to address the economic, social and spiritual aspects of our clients' lives. In addition to microfinance services, we provide business and life skills training to support our clients as individuals, not just as loan recipients. We are able to sustain this integrated approach on a large scale (we have more than 1.2 million clients) and in a cost effective manner.
We offer a "hand-up" through banking services, not just a "handout." Opportunity has created 18 banks that welcome poor clients who have more than 300,000 savings accounts. To make these savings accounts accessible to the poor, we offer low minimum balance requirements, secure digital fingerprint readers, and remotely-accessible banks.
Canada
The Opportunity Mission is to provide opportunities for people in chronic poverty to improve their lives.
The Opportunity Strategy is to create jobs, stimulate small businesses and strengthen communities among the poor.
The Opportunity Method is to work through our indigenous partners to provide microfinance services, training and counsel.
The Opportunity Motivation is the call of Jesus to serve the poor.
The Opportunity Core Values are respect, commitment to the poor, integrity, stewardship and transformation.
We are motivated by the call of Jesus to serve the poor.
