As of the year ending 2018:
We have 5,000 in the women’s empowerment program.
300 groups that meet weekly where they pray for each other, encourage one another, contribute to the savings and loan program and monitor the loans, and make plans concerning community needs.
Total loans given out to date is $315,000 from their own capital.
300 women trained to read and write and do basic math and record keeping.
472 women trained in agriculture for food security, livestock production and cash crop farming.
1,330 women trained in business, 933 women with functional business.
2,000 in the youth program.
20,000 indirect beneficiceries.
The $1000 Cow
Neema and Rehema have a mutually beneficial relationship.
Neema Karisa illustrates the effect of the empowerment program. She took a loan from her microfinance group to purchase calves and goats and raised them for market. Her goal was to start a dairy business so she took another loan and along with her profits purchased a registered Holstein cow worth $1000. Since then the cow has given birth and produces 11.5 liters of milk per day from which Neema is earning more income. Her name, Neema, means grace. She named the cow Rehema, meaning mercy.
Grace has been demonstrated.