Category Archives: Opportunity International
Colombia Opportunity
Still reflecting on an amazing trip and the power of microfinancing to help make poverty history… Some of you have asked me for more information about the mission of OI in Colombia – This is a great overview of what … Continue reading
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Colombian Closure
So what will I take away when we get up at 5am to get on a bus to fly back to Miami and then on to Phoenix? Continue reading
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Cartagena by the sea
We arrived in Cartagena last night from Bogota right at sunset with an arial view of what appeared to be a peninsula packed with high rises. You could have told me we re-routed to Miami… until we woke up this morning. Continue reading
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Bogota to Cartagena
The morning came early as we checked out of our hotel in Bogota to board our bus at 7:30am. Our first stop was at the OILA offices in Bogota to witness a trust group receiving their loan distributions. As a … Continue reading
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Bogota Day 3
Bright and early today our team loaded into two buses to visit clients, loan officers, and trust groups in a very poor area just south of central Bogotá…. Continue reading
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Bogota – Day 2
We woke this morning to grey skies and cool temps in Bogota. It is odd to be this close to the equator and hitting highs in the 50′s, but at 8,000 feet up this is normal weather. Continue reading
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The first stop is in Bogota…
Traveling in the digital age is really easy – Thomas Friedman is in fact correct: the world IS flat… Continue reading
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Countdown to Colombia…
Five days from today I will be flying to Miami to connect to flights taking me south to Bogota and then Cartegna, Colombia… Continue reading
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