The Gemach Project has given out 50 micro loans to people in Benin.  Pastor Josue has developed a complete program around the loans so that the people receiving the loans also get a mosquito net, some business education and are taught about health care issues.  Below is an excerpt from Pastor Josue’s newsletter.

-Perry

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MICRO LOANS PROGRAM “GEMACH PROJECT”
Praise God the first year of interest free loans program called Gemach Project. We were so bless to get in touch with Calvin and his team who were a response of many years of prayers for our population. After the first year of the program I’m please to announce that we had 100% of reimbursement of loans. 50 loans were giving (minimum $100 and maximum $250)
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We gave 50 loans to 50 people but about 407(259 people, 134 infants and 14 orphans) people have benefited from those loans and the program have impacted more than that. Goods and Services were made available for the community within the community by its own people.

14 orphans were able to be taking care of. Good meals, medical care and schooling were provided by their tutors who get loans. 134 children were able to have at least two meals per day, and 259 people living conditions have been somehow improved. Those who were living on less than a dollar a day can now eat and treat themselves medically whenever the need arise. Children have been able to be send to school and young adult kids were sent to apprenticeship to learn a job and get skills. Those are just some of the visible benefits loans beneficiaries and their close family members get. But more than that have been accomplished.
47 women and 148 children get out of the ravage of malaria and other food, waterborne or hygiene diseases. 31 mosquito nets were given as part of loans.

Those loans were giving back to the same people because of they need to upgrade their capital. Our objective is to have sustainable business. But we need to get more funds to make loans available to those who are in need. About 500 people are still waiting to get loans.

Please joint us in prayer for the beneficiaries that:

  • their business may be successful;
  • they may apply management and godly character principles they learn during training;
  • the Lord may provide for customers;
  • for their community to be transformed for the Glory of the Lord.