{"id":42202,"date":"2016-05-19T18:12:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T22:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging21.finca.org\/uncategorized-en-ca\/a-new-future-finca-changed-my-life"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:18:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:18:54","slug":"a-new-future-finca-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-ca\/a-new-future-finca-changed-my-life","title":{"rendered":"A New Future: &#8220;FINCA Changed My Life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/finca.org\/where-we-work\/africa\/nigeria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria<\/a>, over 70 percent of women lack access to basic financial services, like savings accounts or loans. Omang Oto Okongho isn\u2019t one of them anymore. 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