Abay Assefa earned $0.62 a day before entering Hope Arising’s business training course and receiving a $182 microloan. At the time, she could not feed her kindergartener and couldn’t afford school fees. Today, she owns a grill and cooks and sells injera to local customers. As her business and income have grown, she can afford …
Occasionally Hope Arising provides multiple loans to recipients like Etenesh Gonjoba, who used her first loan to establish a poultry business and a second loan to start a sheep fattening operation. These profits from her agribusinesses allowed her to improve her daughter’s education and to continuously improve her life. Business training provided by Hope Arising …
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“I feel like I’ve been reborn to a new life. The business training provided me with new skills. My lifestyle is completely changed and I’ve learned to save for the future.” After receiving a ETB5,000 ($200) loan, Naima Hajii has opened a successful busines selling fresh fruit and other small items at the market and …
