The donations will help provide financial products and services to 16.7 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America through 2017.
One of the donations will be a three-year, $10-million investment, of which $2.5 million was paid out in 2012. This money will go toward helping citizens access small business loans, savings and financial training across nine countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa.
The second donation is a three-year, approximately $9.2 million investment with nearly $3.8 million paid in 2012. This donation will go to help Opportunity International develop new strategies in Indonesia and Brazil, as well as help outreach in India, China and the Philippines.
