our Work
prevent
our mission is to
the effects of poverty through
Economic Empowerment
We come alongside people who are innovative, resourceful, and hard-working who are trapped in a web of poverty. Poverty-related vulnerabilities are interconnected, and the web is nearly impossible to escape. By addressing the source of the web, we prevent families from experiencing the traumatic effects of poverty, and they are able to move from a web of poverty into a holistic cycle of empowerment.
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HOW IT WORKS
Training and Equipping
We come alongside vulnerable single moms, and provide them with financial and business management training. They develop business plans and proposals, and we assist them with the implementation of their plan.
Economic Empowerment
We fund lending pools that enable our program members to purchase the supplies needed to start a business. They meet together weekly to encourage one another, collect repayment, and develop savings accounts.
Child Sponsorship
While parents are focusing on growing a consistent income source, we provide a stipend to assist with the school tuition, nutrition, and medical needs of children. This child sponsorship serves as the incentive for parents to repay their business loans.
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our Families
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Where We Work
While all of our programs follow the same model and produce similar outcomes, we are focused on distinct vulnerable populations in each of our geographic hubs.
EAST AFRICA
Orphan Care and Prevention
Preventing children from being orphaned and equipping local foster families through economic empowerment.
Current Work: We in partner with local churches and community organizations in Kenya and Uganda, working with families who are vulnerable to child abandonment or who are fostering orphaned children to create sustainable sources of income.
CARIBBEAN
Human Trafficking Recovery and Prevention
Creating sustainable futures for those rescued from human trafficking, and preventing trafficking and exploitation in vulnerable populations.
Current Work: We are partnered with Rapha House in Haiti to work with the families of young girls that they have rescued and rehabilitated in order to create financial stability, prevent re-trafficking, and provide trades and jobs that can sustain these girls' futures.
LATIN AMERICA
Stability and Livelihoods
Working to increase stability and opportunity in communities throughout Latin America, making families less likely to reach the desperation that leads to migration.
Current Work: Currently seeking partners in Latin America!
USA
Community and Opportunity for Refugees
Creating opportunities for women from places like Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan who have been resettled in Saint Louis, MO as refugees to engage in meaningful community and sell artisan products in local markets.
Current Work: We work with several ministries to refugees in Saint Louis.
