Micro Industry Grants
In August of 2005, I began to help these women in opening tiny businesses of their own. Here are just three of their stories.
Meet Amarylis...
Amarilis Gonzalez is 28 years old. She has one son who is eight years old. They live with her mom and siblings in the patio of their grandparents' house. She worked for 5 years in prostitution but left that lifestyle behind about a year ago when she started to come to House of Hope. With the help of the micro industry program she is starting a buisness of selling underwear and socks. She has a goal of someday owning her own home.
Meet Argentina...
Argentina Mendoza is a 38 year old woman who comes to our program, along with her teenage daughter. Argentina has been out of prostitution for a year now. She has 4 children and has been selling tortillas and refried beans from her home. Argentina lives out of town and would like to start a new business. She would like to purchase a basket that she could fill with cookies and candies that she would take to the market to sell. The proceeds from her new business would be used to keep her 15 year old daughter in school and out of prostitution.
Meet Teresa...
Teresa Gonzales is 32 years old and has 3 children. She started coming to House of Hope on Tuesdays about a year and a half ago. She made the decision to leave prostitution and seek the Lord the very same day. She had been working in prostitution for four years in order to feed her family. She was struggling to make ends meet and counting on the cardmaking pay days to help her get through. In May of 2009 we were able to help her start a small buisness of selling candy, sodas and small bags of chips to help her support herself and her kids. Pray with us that she is able to make her buisness grow and continue to grow in the Lord.
Please help...
If you would like to impact a needy family by helping to make their dream come true, your financial gift to the Micro Industry Grant Program will be greatly appreciated. A donation of approximately $75 will provide money for the establishment of a new business keeping young girls in school and off the streets.
For additional information email us.
You may send donations to:
C/o Harvest Church
2020 W. 15th Street
Washington, NC 27889
