Microfinance an important tool to help alleviate poverty but two billion still struggle to survive, says Opportunity International Australia head
Microfinance has been an important tool in halving the number of people living in poverty over the past 20 years but there are still some two billion people living on less than $US3.20 a day, according Meredith Scott, CEO of microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International. In comments made to mark the start of Anti-Poverty Week […]
Wow!: Cooking up a curry to change lives
Microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International Australia are holding hot and spicy fundraiser – the Great Australian Curry campaign – to help address the issue of poverty around the world over the next couple of months. Here, some of the more high profile participants talk about why they’re taking part…
Poverty: Cook your favourite curry and give a hand up to Asia’s poor
DAVID ADAMS fires up the stove in preparation for Opportunity International Australia’s Great Australian Curry campaign to raise awareness of and funds for people living in poverty in Asia…