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		<title>Banking for the Poor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/29/banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></category>
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Opportunity International President and CEO Kadita “A.T.” Tshibaka (right) meets with Dikembe Mutombo Foundation employees (center) and the local mayor (left) to discuss how Opportunity can partner with them to serve those living in poverty in the DRC.
“A single bracelet does not jingle,” states a Congolese proverb. With that idea in mind, the tone of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to his Roots: Banking for the Poor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/16/returning-to-his-roots-banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/16/returning-to-his-roots-banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></category>
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Opportunity International President and CEO Kadita,” A.T.” Tshibaka (right) talks with entrepreneur Kabuika Valentine about her business and her family. Kadita was born in the DRC and recently returned to the country to advance Opportunity’s plan to bring microfinance services to the Congolese people who are living in poverty.
Having grown up in the Democratic Republic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banking for the Poor in the Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/30/banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/30/banking-for-the-poor-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></category>
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Women pack up their businesses at the end of the day at the crowded Grand Marche market in Kinshasa, Congo
The Grand Marche market in Kinshasa brims with tens of thousands of vendors. To the untrained eye, the market is full of chaos and confusion. To those who dare to look past the sea of people, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Mother’s Day In A Meaningful Way</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/04/celebrating-mother%e2%80%99s-day-in-a-meaningful-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/04/celebrating-mother%e2%80%99s-day-in-a-meaningful-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mothers Day 2009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Mother’s Day coming up, I’ve been thinking more about the heroic mothers I met on a recent trip to Ghana and Uganda. They shared with me how they were using loans from Opportunity International to build businesses that provided income to send their children to school, put nutritious food on the table, buy or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity International and One Hen</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/27/opportunity-international-and-one-hen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/27/opportunity-international-and-one-hen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roscoe Mapps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ONE Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I attended the Opportunity International Governors’ Conference in San Francisco to discuss how small loans (somewhere around $100) are being used to transform communities. Microfinance has been an important arm of the global anti-poverty strategy, and Opportunity International is ONE organization providing financial aid to small businesses throughout Africa. This conference revealed specifics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Crisis Taking A Toll on Microfinance Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/06/food-crisis-taking-a-toll-on-microfinance-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/06/food-crisis-taking-a-toll-on-microfinance-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The food crisis is taking its toll on Opportunity&#8217;s microfinance clients.  Opportunity International is one of the largest and oldest microfinance networks, and I&#8217;ve seen first-hand how a small business loan or a safe place to save hard-earned money can make a big difference in keeping food on the table for the poor.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Takes Money to Make Money&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/13/it-takes-money-to-make-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/13/it-takes-money-to-make-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 21:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hermione Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[May Mozambique Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microcredit/Microfinance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It takes money to make money, but poor people in Mozambique don&#8217;t have access to credit. Commercial banks don&#8217;t want to lend to them because there is no incentive in lending tiny amounts of money in such high-risk, isolated areas.  Today, I visited Matola province in Mozambique. I met with Opportunity International, an incredible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing Up for Women&#8217;s Rights at the Capital (literally)</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/16/standing-up-for-womens-rights-at-the-capital-literally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2007/11/16/standing-up-for-womens-rights-at-the-capital-literally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Field</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growth Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habitat for Humanity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ONE Campaign, Habitat for Humanity, Opportunity International, and Women&#8217;s Edge Coalition came together to create a briefing for Hill staff at the Capitol Building today about the GROWTH Act. (S. 2069) Senators Durbin and Hutchison hosted the event, which we called: &#8220;Fighting Poverty with Common Sense: Investing in Women&#8217;s Economic Opportunity.&#8221;
The impressive turn-out led [...]]]></description>
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