Home Builders from Across the Nation Investing in the Dreams of the Poor.   Mama Flores always dreamed of opening her own salon in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but as she struggled to meet her family’s most basic needs, anything more seemed out of reach. All...

  Before receiving his first micro-loan from Hope International, Musadidi, his wife and 6 children, lived in a small house in Lubumbashi .  Musadidi sold pharmaceutical items and medicines in his neighborhood to provide for his family.  He had so little capital...

  Before starting with HOPE, Constantine, a married mother of 6, could not afford to send her children to school, so they remained at home and restless in their exposed mud brick home that was vulnerable to the weather.  Her family also suffered from health...