Feb. News: South Sudan Needs Education

South Sudan needs Education to Defeat Tribalism, Illiteracy, and poverty for future generation. please join us to build a peaceful future! Progress at Mairo Primary School Omilling South Sudan:Work has been going on well at Mairo, and the first double classroom block is completed. The building teams have been very committed, and everyone has worked hard. The water ladies have had to carry water over a half KM on their heads as we have been waiting for the borehole to be drilled. In June of… Read More

Help Alai Diversify Her Tea Business

Alai, 33, lives in Magwi county in South Sudan and makes a living running a small tea stall. She will invest the loan money into buying stock: sugar, flour, milk, and other necessary ingredients for her business. With the loan, she will be able to diversify her business and bring in more customers. Before setting up her business, she didn’t have her own income. She is a recent South Sudanese returnee/refugee from Sudan. Alai is a divorced mother of three children (ages 12, 10, and… Read More

Loan Christine Funds for a Wood Cutter Machine

Christine, 47, makes a living producing and selling charcoal. She will invest the loan funds into a wood cutter machine and sacks so that she can expand her production. Christine is a widow single-handedly caring for four children (ages 14 to 22) and three siblings. Before setting up her own business, she worked for someone else as a porter. Now she feels that by working harder, she can take control of her own earnings. The loan will help her to expand her business and start… Read More

Help Anna Buy Two Cell Phones

Anna, 37 has two jobs: she is the village midwife, and she also runs a phone kiosk in her village. With the loan funds she will buy two mobile phones and pre-paid phone cards. This will help boost her business. Anna is a widow and a sole supporter of her five children. Her children are ages 9 to 20, and the two oldest have finished school. She also supports her elderly mother. In the mornings, she works at the village clinic and in the afternoons… Read More

Loan Laura Funds to Start Selling Charcoal

Laura, 68, is setting up a charcoal retail business in South Sudan. A widow, her six children are grown and living on their own. She , however, supports three orphans who are under her care. Laura currently sells second-hand clothes but wants to switch to selling charcoal because it is more profitable. She will invest her microloan into 10 sacks of charcoal, which she will then sell in her community. Being able to buy the goods upfront and in bulk will increase her profits and… Read More

Help Mary Buy New Furniture for Her Restaurant

Mary, 38, is among the first of Hope Ofiriha’s entrepreneurs from Magwi, South Sudan. She is a mother of three children (aged 10, 7, and 3) who runs a small restaurant. Mary needs an investment to expand her restaurant and take her business to the next level. With her loan, she will buy chairs, tables, and the various ingredients needed for cooking meals. The loan, combined with hard work, will make a big difference to her restaurant. Mary can start saving the extra income to… Read More