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Jul 30 2025

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Sierra Leone: “The savings group ministry has come at just the right time.”

In 2011, local church-planting teams in Sierra Leone began partnering with GAiN Canada and the JESUS Film Church Planting Strategy (JFCPS), with a vision to share the Good News of Jesus with their neighbors. In the 14 years since, these efforts have resulted in over 1,000 churches being started. Praise God!

Now, at HOPE International, we’re excited to be invited into the incredible work God has been doing in Sierra Leone by partnering with local churches and equipping them with our savings group model so they can better serve their communities. Continue Reading…

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HOPE Intl

Dec 22 2023

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Our 5 most-read stories in 2023

All three of our expansion announcements—Kenya, Benin, and Dominican Republic—were among our most-read stories of 2023! 

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HOPE Intl

Nov 14 2023

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HOPE launches new savings group program in Benin

HOPE launches new savings group program in Benin. Families in poverty can have a safe place to save, access to loans, and community.

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HOPE Intl

Oct 23 2023

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Expansion in Kenya: an answer to 12 years of prayer

In 2010, Small and Micro Enterprise Program (SMEP) Microfinance Bank, a Christ-centered microfinance institution serving families in Kenya, celebrated a major distinction: It became the third deposit-taking microfinance bank in the country to be licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya. But along with its approval, the central bank issued one caveat: SMEP needed to add investors to its ownership pool.

It sounded like a simple request—yet it proved to be anything but.

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HOPE Intl

Oct 12 2022

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HOPE is expanding to Tanzania! (And three reasons why we’re excited.)

We’re thrilled to announce that HOPE International is launching a new savings group program in Tanzania.

“The reason behind every expansion at HOPE is to invest in the dreams of even more families,” says Peter Greer, HOPE’s president and CEO. “It’s an incredible honor to link arms with the Tanzanian Church as it ministers to families there.” Continue Reading…

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Jul 24 2018

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We’re expanding to Paraguay!

For the first time in eight years, HOPE International is expanding microfinance operations to include another country: Paraguay! The HOPE network will reach Paraguay through a partnership with Diaconía, a microfinance institution with a mission of empowering those living in poverty.

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