Family Hope International

Empower - once a family's basic needs are met, we evaluate them for a small business opportunity and microloan. Our program business managers begin to work closely with our families to train and mentor them on how to successfully operate their business.employ - our program business managers work closely with our families over the next two years. We then graduate these families from our program with a successful and sustainable business.our family preservation program successfully served 668 families for 2,855 individuals in ethiopia and kenya during this reporting period.

In ethiopia, there were 467 families that included 1,794 total individuals served. The program is developed in 6 geographic areas in ethiopia: bole bulbula and meseret kristos project areas near the capital city of addis ababa; shashemene, hanicha and gutumuma project areas in the southern region; and the dembidollo project area in the western region. These regions were selected due to the concentration of extreme poverty as well as access to markets for small business starts. The program served 201 families for 1,061 individuals in kenya. The program is also in one of the largest slums in the world: the kibera slum in nairobi, kenya. The project area was also selected due to extreme poverty conditions, the need for intervention and good opportunity for small business success for the families in our program.