The Opportunity ExperienceOPPORTUNITY’S IMPACT IN INDIA

Investing in Mothers2.5 million families with small loans

Building Healthy Communities635,750 families reached with health education

Delivering Innovation 80 Peacemakers trained to help support survivors of domestic violence

“ No amount of reading or research can substitue for being able to witness the impact of these programs on people’s lives.”

Insight Trip participant

INDIAINSIGHT TRIP

At Opportunity International Australia, we are passionate about transforming livesaround the globe. We host Insight Trips so we can share with you the hope, gratitude and excitement you bring to families who are workinghard to leave poverty behind.

Insight Trips are safe, eye opening and unforgetable adventures that are authentic to each host country. You’ll spend time with an expert in the field and local hosts who know the culture inside out - their personal perspectives will give you an intimate understanding of the

culture and how Opportunity works alongside families to make significant and lasting changes.

Best of all, you’ll be able to visit families and see firsthand just how much small loans are transforming their lives and strengthening their communities.

So come on the journey with us. We take care of all the details to ensure your trip is an adventure unlike any other - one that is sure to change the way you see the world.

India is a country that can’t be explained – it must be experienced. As the seventh largest country in the world with several hundred languages, India is dozens of countries in one. A walk down the street is a feast for your senses: the noisy traffic, the aroma of street food, the cries of vendors and the bright colours of saris. It’s a kind of joyful chaos you won’t find anywhere else.

India also has the largest concentration of people living in poverty with one-third of the world’s poorest living in India. Inadequete education, discrimination and a lack of opportunity have confined many Indians to poverty. To address this, Opportunity established Dia Vikas - meaning Lamp of Development.

Dia Vikas supports the growth of Indian microfinance by partnering and investing in socially focused microfinance institutions to provide families with a hand up out of poverty.

Alongside microfinance, Opportunity also implements a range of community development programs to have a deeper impact, including financial literacy programs, business skills development and community health education.

To find out more, speak with your State Manager or register for this Insight Trip by completeing a registration form and returning it to Emily Nicola at E: insighttrips@opportunity.org.au M: GPO Box 4487, Sydney NSW 2001

Seeing the Real India

FAST FACTSAccommodation: Single, double and twin

share rooms available in 4 star hotels.

Inclusions: Price includes all in-country

costs including accommodation, meals,

bottled water, internal flights, tips,

transfers and sightseeing.

Exclusions: Price does not include

international flights, visas, travel

insurance or any required immunisations.

DAY ONEArrive in Delhi, adjust to your new

surroundings and prepare to begin your

adventure.

DAY TWOTravel to Nagpur, in the state of

Maharashtra where our local partner

ESAF is based. Visit the ESAF head office

and learn how microfinance works.

DAY THREEToday venture into local communities to

visit clients in their homes and

businesses.

DAY FOURTravel to the state of Assam and spend

the afternoon taking in the sights.

DAY FIVESpend the day with another of

Opportunity’s microfinance partners,

RGVN who deliver specific business

training tailored to occupations that

many of their clients are engaged in.

DAY SIXTravel back to Delhi. Have an early

dinner and bid farewell to your new

friends before returning to Australia or

continue your journey independently.

Itinerary 16-21 October

AUSTRALIA

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