With seven children to provide for, a small loan of $465 made a big difference for Hamasa*. The investment in his vehicle maintenance shop has increased his income, helping him provide for his wife and children.
*Name changed for security.
With seven children to provide for, a small loan of $465 made a big difference for Hamasa*. The investment in his vehicle maintenance shop has increased his income, helping him provide for his wife and children.
*Name changed for security.
![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)