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Mark Lutz has visited families living in cardboard huts, hiked dusty paths to isolated African villages, and tiptoed across putrid open sewers on makeshift bridges. UnPoverty relays those astonishing encounters with unforgettable people: desperately poor, yet abundantly rich.
Opportunity International is a global nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to build their businesses, children to go to school, farmers to feed their communities, and families to end the cycle of generational poverty. For over 50 years, we have developed innovative programs that use financial services, training, and support to address some of the greatest challenges facing those living in poverty around the world.
Growing up in South Africa under apartheid shaped me to become an advocate for justice. Visits to some 50 countries has sharpened my vision for a world free from extreme poverty.
For over 30 years I have raised money for Opportunity International where I serve as the senior vice president of global philanthropy. Each year we release over $2 billion in loans to some of the poorest people in the world, empowering them to start and expand micro enterprises, feed their families and send their children to school.
After 45 years in the Chicago area, my wife Lise and I moved to New Jersey to be near our children and two grandsons.
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This special edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of Opportunity International with additional chapters that chronicle Opportunity’s evolution over five decades. I’m offering this edition free because my hope is that after reading it you will choose to support Opportunity International. Click the button FREE BOOK and opportunity.org will send you a copy.
To buy the original version click the button or order it from Amazon, either in hard cover or paperback. (All proceeds go to Opportunity International).
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