We asked several leaders from around the HOPE network—Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, and Paraguay—to share how they are coming alongside the men and women we serve as they recover losses related to COVID-19 lockdowns and reopen their businesses.
Rwanda
Hear from Diane Uwamahoro and Isaie Ndayizeye, co-directors of the HOPE Rwanda savings group program.
Dominican Republic
Hear from Enrique Cuesta, regional representative and trip coordinator with Esperanza International, HOPE’s partner in the Dominican Republic.
Paraguay
Hear from Judah Mooney, president of Diaconía, HOPE’s partner in Paraguay.
Join us in coming alongside entrepreneurs and communities as they recover from crippling financial shocks caused by coronavirus lockdowns. Let’s help them move forward, rebuild, and flourish.
![Before Eveness Mulungu joined the Walusungu (“mercy”) savings group through our church partner in Malawi, she faced days where she and her family ate animal feed because they couldn’t afford human food. But that changed when she joined the savings group. Eveness used her first group loan of about $1.70 (U.S.) to start a business selling doughnuts and beans.
“By the end of my first cycle I made $140 (U.S.),” Eveness shared. “My life is no longer the same now; [I] was regarded as no one in the community. ... This was the first time in my life that I ever touched and owned big money like this!”
Pictured: Eveness, with her husband in front of their piggery—a third successful business that she operates.](https://blog.hopeinternational.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)