Around the world, we see creative, industrious men and women committed to providing for their families and serving their communities through meaningful work. In this year’s gift catalog, we’ve included some of the tools HOPE International-network clients use in some of the most common jobs in the developing world: animal rearing, farming, tailoring, and store ownership. In this series, we’ll dive into some of the challenges faced by those in that profession.
For many families in the communities where HOPE serves, their dream is to own livestock—a goat, cow, chicken, or pig.
Owning livestock is a key component of food security, providing families with their own supply of milk, meat, and eggs. And since animal products can add greater nutritional and caloric value to a family’s diet, owning livestock can increase a family’s overall health.
Livestock owners can also use manure to fertilize their crops, cutting down the cost of purchasing fertilizer and increasing their yields. Many families also use smaller animals like sheep or goats as a means of investing their savings—it’s often a safer and more productive way to safeguard built-up sums of money.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization advocates that if more families have access to livestock ownership, global food security will drastically increase.
That’s why HOPE invests in animal breeders.
![Thanks to her savings group with Comas CMA Church in Peru, Yoselin Aldaves expanded her business and developed a new habit of saving. Beyond growing her income, she’s also found a supportive spiritual community and is learning about the love of God.
"[The savings group leaders] talk to us a lot about God, they teach us to pray and to be honest. ... I want my children, my husband, and myself to learn more about the Bible. We don’t know much about God and it is time for God to be the first thing in our lives.”
Praise God for the way that savings groups are equipping families in Peru and around the world to overcome spiritual poverty!🌎](https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/486051759_18489547909063825_1667425137139578822_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=G2NFYD22u7AQ7kNvwGmOLVp&_nc_oc=AdknsaIuV4MbKb5ylmEDpqxK4Q2Y8X_lfC2sJlVDh-njha_KZVsAVMnZYXaRAyDi4zCz2q-Re-9JAjmpq2hvAnqn&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=eYYdX1daGp6MutZroM_QtQ&oh=00_AYGQTcSxmtZCGRSUDlfAKAN2E4UOMLCv3cdpR6_Kb5nqsQ&oe=67F59402)
