Education, Health, Microenterprise: Building Livelihoods in India Your Impact Report, Fall 2024 In India, Opportunity International ensures that families can send their children to school, and that people living in marginalized situations— including youth and women—can access economic opportunities. Opportunity focuses on inclusive and sustainable growth, ensuring that families living in poverty can build livelihoods and transform their futures.
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In 2024, Opportunity International supported programs across four countries in Asia, and specifically in India, provided microfinance loans, education loans, health/safety programs, and microenterprise loans—all strengthened by a commitment to equity and innovative digital technology.
EDUCATION FINANCE When it comes to education, we understand the assignment: get more children in better schools. Education Finance breaks down two obstacles to education: access and quality. Since Opportunity’s program launched in 2012, over 14.6 million children in 32 countries have gotten access to a quality education and over $923M has been invested in education. Opportunity International offers one of the only programs in the world that addresses both the need for loans to parents and school owners, while also deepening the skills of school leaders and teachers. The need for low-cost, quality education in India is particularly great: thanks to our largest market research study to date in India, we have estimated total market demand of $4.4B for education finance products in India. Education Finance is moving forward with momentum and intention in India; the country continues to be our largest driver of education sector loans in Asia; between January - July 2024, Education Finance in India reports:
India Education Finance Loans Value Children Impacted Schools in Education Quality Children Impacted by Education Quality
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CY2024 (as of July 2024)
Cumulative (since 2012)
123,425 $241,318,302 1,456,568 115 23,000
245,873 $334,669,015 1,771,806 115 23,000
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