In January of 2011 we made ten $100 loans through the Kisoni Orphanage in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. God has chosen to bless both the recipients and Gemach in this endeavor.

All ten recipients were able to pay back 100% of these loans by May of 2011.  In June of 2011 they were given a second round of loans.  Again, 100% of these loans were paid back by November of 2011.  With the profit and savings from these loans all ten of the recipients are now able to sustain their respective businesses without help.  As a result we will be making a third round of loans with the same funds in January of 2012.

Each single $100 donation will have enabled us to make not one but three loans.  Not as a handout but a genuine interest free loan resulting in a 100% repayment rate.

May the glory be God’s and may he continue to bless us.  Thanks to everyone that has supported us.  Because of you, thousands are turning their lives around.  Enabling them to have enough to eat, to send their children to school and to get the medical attention they need.  Not for a week or a month but for the rest of their lives, God willing.