Opportunity International Australia

With more than 45 years’ experience, Opportunity International Australia gives families the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. For a family in a developing country struggling to survive, a small loan can help them build a business and earn a regular income with dignity and purpose. As businesses grow and employ others, 98% of loans are repaid and recycled, creating a ripple effect that reaches more and more people over time.

Leveraging the relationship-based distribution network our microfinance partners operate in, we supplement loans with community development solutions that address other barriers that often keep families in poverty. We help them live safe, healthy lives, send their children to school, ending poverty for generations to come.

Don’t fight poverty. End it.

• Microfinance: small loans to help families in poverty grow their own businesses, earn regular incomes and provide for their children – breaking the cycle of poverty. 98% of loans are repaid and recycled to help more and more families over time. 
• Health: training local women as health leaders to teach their communities essential knowledge in health, nutrition and sanitation.
• Education: providing school fee loans to enable families to educate their children and school leader loans to ensure better quality education is available in communities. 
• Safety: domestic violence education initiatives and human trafficking prevention programs to help vulnerable families and communities stay safe.

• Families living in poverty in developing countries
• Currently focusing our work in India, Indonesia and Bangladesh
• 94% of the people reached are women.

• Microfinance: small loans to help families in poverty grow their own businesses, earn regular incomes and provide for their children – breaking the cycle of poverty. 98% of loans are repaid and recycled to help more and more families over time. 

• Health: training local women as health leaders to teach their communities essential knowledge in health, nutrition and sanitation.

• Education: providing school fee loans to enable families to educate their children and school leader loans to ensure better quality education is available in communities. 

• Safety: domestic violence education initiatives and human trafficking prevention programs to help vulnerable families and communities stay safe.

Please see the biographies of our Leadership Team by clicking the link.

Please see the biographies of our Board of Directors by clicking the link.

Find out more about leaving a gift in your will to the work of Opportunity International Australia here, or email giftinwills@opportunity.org.au 

Opportunity gives families in developing countries the tools they need to work their way out of poverty so they can live safe, healthy lives, send their children to school and create a new future for generations to come. Help families leave poverty behind for good! All donations over $2 are tax-deductible. Donate here.

• Give monthly to help families out of poverty all year round. 
• Purchase an item from our Gifts of Opportunity charity gift catalogue 
• Have fun and start a fundraiser 
• Give through your workplace for a tax-deduction.

Interested in working with Opportunity International Australia? 
Check out all employment opportunities here. 

Check out all our volunteer opportunities here.