Spring 2023 Matching Gift Opportunity
$25,000 Matching Gift Alert! Dear friend, We are excited to announce that generous donors have offered matching funds, up to $25,000, towards a supermarket project in South Sudan. Since 2015, SowHope has worked in South Sudan, partnering with incredible local leaders to fund successful projects in microfinance, leadership and small business training, agricultural production, chicken […]
Fall 2022 Matching Gift Opportunity
$35,000 Matching Gift Alert! Dear friend, We are excited to announce that generous donors have offered matching funds, up to $35,000, towards a microfinance project in the Northwest region of Bangladesh. HistoryIn 2006, SowHope began working alongside wonderful partners who had an incredible vision for the future of Bangladesh using microfinance, starting in the southwest […]
Bangladesh Cooperative – Spring 2017 Newsletter
A few years ago, a SowHope team led by CEO Mary Dailey Brown was verifying a microfinance project in Bangladesh and was invited to visit a rural school. The teacher at this school, Bobita, was very inspired as Mary talked about SowHope’s work with women around the world. So Bobita, still actively teaching, went on […]
11 Reasons to Sow Hope for Women
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Development through Microfinance – Fall 2016 Newsletter
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Facilitating Peace Building in Kenya
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Written by Meagan Roland. Based on reports from Josephine, SowHope’s local leader in Kenya. Recently we received an inspiring report from Josephine, our partner we’ve worked with in Kenya since 2008. Josephine has most recently facilitated a community development project with a strong […]