Tag Archives: microfinance

HOPE: Quesey and Rosemary

To get some background on why this story is being posted, please click here. When sisters Quesey and Rosemary first heard that Esperanza, HOPE’s partner in the Dominican Republic, was starting a new community bank in Santiago two years ago, they were eager to join. At the time, Quesey and her family were barely making [...]

HOPE: Kalpana

Read more about my partnership with Hope International here. Kalpana came home from work each night exhausted, disheveled, damp, and only 32 cents closer to making ends meet. Since her husband was out of work, she had been forced to find employment to provide for her daughters, ages five and two. She missed spending time [...]

Partnering with Hope International

Since I have envisioned myself running a little shop on etsy, I always wanted to figure out how to use it to benefit others. There are so many great organizations out there and so many places to make donations and I was always a bit stumped when I thought about where this money should go. [...]