Church treasurer and Sunday School teacher at Word of Faith Church
Widowed mother of two boys, one in university and the other in primary school
Owns a small business that specializes in selling maize (corn), beans, and nuts
Lives with HIV/AIDS treated with anti-viral medication
Pastor Samuel Owino says of Emily, “She is incredibly instrumental in our church’s leadership.”
To expand her business and make it more efficient, Emily has requested the equivalent of $275 USD
This capital will enable her to meet her sons’ educational costs

Active member of Word of Faith Church, often helping to clean the worship space after services
Single mother of seven children after being abandoned by her husband
Runs a small scrap metal business that requires her to borrow money and pay interest every day
Requests the equivalent of $250 USD to enable her not to have to borrow money every day
She can then create her own scrap metal collection site, buy the metal from those who bring it with her own money rather than borrowed money, then sell it at a profit to the larger scrap metal dealer

Active member of Word of Faith Church who serves on the intercessory prayer team
Single mother of five children, abandoned by her husband for another woman
Runs a mini bakery shop
Requests the equivalent of $200 USD to buy the ingredients to grow her bakery shop

Active member of Word of Faith Church, often helping to clean the worship space after services
Widowed mother of nine children
Because of their severe poverty, her daughters dropped out of school and married into other families
Lives with HIV/AIDS treated with anti-viral medication
Used to own a grocery business but could never make a profit because she did not have the capital to do it at scale
Requests the equivalent of $315 USD to start a grocery business
She will go to the market, buy items that are good sellers, bring them back to her neighborhood and sell the at a profit. Customers pay for the convenience.