Comments on: Believe in Sheela

By: Twitted by HiroBoga

Twitted by HiroBoga — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:29:47 +0000

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By: Desiree Adaway

Desiree Adaway — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:58:12 +0000

Susan,
I absolutely agree that in addition to capital and opportunity poor women need systems in place that protect them. Inheritance rights, land tenure, access to political systems are all critical pieces for true change. How lucky you were to be able to see first hand the great work of OI. Those of us who have seen first hand the power of microfinance, its our duty to share the stories and advocate for women like Sheela.

By: Susan Gillette

Susan Gillette — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:12:34 +0000

Desiree, I went to Ghana last year to see Opportunity’s work there and I hope to go to India next year. Poor women need much more than loans. They need safe savings and insurance as well. Once women have a business and an income they need a way to protect their assets. Opportunity created a biometric identity care for clients that they access via their thumbprint. In Africa,where patriarchal inheritance laws often leave widows penniless, these bank cards have become popular shower gifts for women! Women, who know a child can die for lack of the $5 it costs for treatment, do not need much encouragement to become savers. Or change agents. Give a woman a little “Opportunity” and she’ll change her own world! Thanks for giving Sheela the exposure she deserves, and OptInNow.org the exposure it needs to keep giving more women access to microfinance.

By: Desiree Adaway

Desiree Adaway — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:58:50 +0000

Betsy,
Educating and empowering women and girls is the best ROI strategy in the world–bar none!

By: Desiree Adaway

Desiree Adaway — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:57:41 +0000

Ruth, I am a fan of straight talk. More than that, I am a believer in women helping women. Sheela’s children are my children. Her problems are my problems and I can not let her fight this fight alone. Thanks for all the work that you do everyday…and thanks for investing in Sheela and the million of women like her around the world.

By: Desiree Adaway

Desiree Adaway — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:52:13 +0000

I am a believer as well…a believer in the power of humans to love and care for one another. My dreams as a woman and mother are directly connected to Sheela.

By: Betsy Perdue

Betsy Perdue — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:32:36 +0000

I believe in Sheela. I believe… I know… that while women represent the majority of the poor and oppressed around the world, they also represent the greatest resource for economic growth. The best investment you can make – to effect change – is to invest in women and educate girls. It’s the ultimate “multiplier effect” (loans repaid, leaders grown, children educated, generations affected). It’s do-able, and it helps women, men, and families. I choose to Opt In Now and “turn oppression into Opportunity for women worldwide” (paraphrasing from the subtitle of Nicholas Kristof’s Half the Sky). Check out the cool gift cards, too!

By: Ruth-Anne Renaud

Ruth-Anne Renaud — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:47:48 +0000

Desiree –
Thank you for the powerful, straight talkin’ blog post that you did today on Sheela and the many Opportunity International women clients that we serve every day. So grateful for your voice and efforts in our collective mission to bring attention to these worthy women around the world – together, we can end poverty faster by providing them with access to finance and to education, leading to stronger, thriving communities.

By: Guest Post: Believe in Sheela « Opportunity International

Guest Post: Believe in Sheela « Opportunity International — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:24 +0000

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By: Steve Jennings

Steve Jennings — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:07 +0000

Then I saw there faces, now I’m a believer.
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I’m in inspired, I’m a believer!
I couldn’t leave them if I tried.