Stories

With the support of her Microfinance Program group and family, Elizabeth Moyo has become a successful business woman, able to pay school fees for her children and provide furnishing for her home.

Genet Mosa utilized the Microfinance Program in her local epicenter to develop as a community leader, thrive as a business woman, nurture a savings account and improve the lives of her family and neighbors.

Before joining the Microfinance Program, I had never imagined making an income or even dared to speak in public. Now I am President of our group and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kissamey Epicenter fund.

Ms. Khady Seck is chair of a microfinance women’s group in Diokoul Epicenter in Senegal. Empowered by the epicenter trainings, Khady has also taken on the position of counselor to the village women and coordinated the shared maintenance of the local environment, reducing rates of diseases like malaria.

Thanks to lessons learned at THP workshops, Gisèle Azandossessi increased her farm and her income. With the profit, she was able to purchase a motorbike and can now sell her rabbits in town.

Mrs. Carlota Pelembe, mother of seven and Microfinance Program partner at Manhiça Epicenter in Mozambique, learns how to best manage her loans for maximum profit.

My name is Mrs. Lénindou Agbognihoue. It is because of the lessons I learned from Vision, Commitment and Action workshops at [my] epicenter that I had the courage and strength to take care of myself and the future of my children.

Elizabeth Godia is a 35-year-old widow and one of The Hunger Project’s partners in Malawi who is living with HIV and took part in the Microfinance Program. Elizabeth is now independently able to provide for her six children.

Agnes Adjei from Anukpenya, Manstekope Epicenter in Ghana mobilizes her fellow partners to generate income and thrive as a community through the Microfinance Program. “My wish is to be economically self-reliant and to help our economically active poor women to do the same,” she says.

Kibe Guta, a 28-year-old woman from Jaldu Epicenter in Ethiopia who participates in THP’s Microfinance Program. She now provides food, clothing and school costs for her children. “Today, I raise my head up with confidence and can exemplify the result of hard work,” she says.

On this 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, The Hunger Project would like to honor all of the women in our investor family, who are standing in partnership with their sisters around the world. Some of them have shared their thoughts with us on what their participation means to them.

Mr. and Mrs. Mugerwa have used trainings at their epicenter in Uganda to develop a thriving family business, build a home with an underground well and send their children to school.

Smt. M Renuka currently serves as a member of her village council and president of Karnataka’s federation of elected women leaders, SUGRAMA. She has fought for improved drinking water and the education of girl children in her community, and led state-wide campaigns for asking for 50 percent reservation for women leaders in Gram Panchayats in Karnataka.

Mrs. Marième Harouna Ba has been an influential community leader for over ten years. When the post for director of the community radio station became vacant, Marième knew that she could compete for the position against two men, despite the fact that the radio had never been led by a woman. Marième states that it was her experiences with THP-Senegal that motivated her to seek out the position.

Yabre Belemgnegre, from the Vowogdo Epicenter in Burkina Faso, disuccess the impact of the Microfinance Program on her life and on the lives of the women in her community.

Mr. Azarias Guilambo is a trained animator with The Hunger Project-Mozambique, and leads health-focused Vision, Commitment and Action Workshops in his community of Manhiça.

Nansamba, a model in her village, works in advising other women on how to manage and market their produce. She was trained at her epicenter as an animator and attributes most of her success to THP’s Vision, Commitment and Action Workshops that “opened her eyes” at a time of personal resignation.

Bangaldeshi community leader, Gita Rani Bormon, unites women in her community in an effort to reduce child marriages and violence against women.

In the face of financial woes, Rahim managed to establish his own compost farm, showing that dreams can come true despite hardships.

Eusebi from Peru is a health promoter who is teaching her community about proper nutrition and much more.

Elisabeth is making the impossible possible.   Elisabeth Obubuafo is a shining example of an empowered woman, running multiple businesses, sending her children to school and providing food for her community. It was not always this way. Elisabeth is an...

In 2011, Krisna Das participated in an animator trainings for 1,784 animators in the Betaga Union  in Bangladesh. Through this training she learned that people could be encouraged to think outside the box with the help of particular tools, tactics and exercises....

Shamima is making the impossible possible.   Shamima Jahan, 55, lives in a remote region of Bangladesh. She used to consider herself just an ordinary housewife, but is now considered a transformed community worker. After attending The Hunger Project's women’s...

Genet Musa, 40, is the Chairperson of the Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) at Mesqan Epicenter in Ethiopia. Prior to The Hunger Project entering her community at Mesqan Epicenter, Genet received some basic education from another NGO in the area. From them, she...

“My name is Dianda Zonabo. I come from the village of Kapon [in Burkina Faso]. I am forty two years old. I am married and the mother of five children, three girls and two boys. I am a saleswoman of yams in the market of Kapon and my husband is a peasant farmer. I’ve...