LIFE CHANGING SUCCESS STORies

Dayabanti Saream is from a district of Nagpur city in  India. She was struggling to provide the basic needs of her family and  had no place to go until she heard about Empowered Poor’s micro-lending program for the poor. She applied for a loan to start a small vegetable  business. After reviewing her desperate situation she was granted a  loan. She used her loan to purchase a used pull cart to sell vegetables  in her neighborhood and nearby villages.

My name is Emmanuel Nag. Until I met people from Empowered Poor I was  discouraged with life. I had no income and was unable to support my  children. A friend of mine knew my hardship and told me about the micro  business sponsored by Empowered Poor. This gave me hope  that I could begin to take care of my family and assist my neighbors.  With the loan I received I had enough money to purchase 5 goats and  began taking care of them.

My name is Anand Masih. My family and I are working in my village as  pastors; however I was not receiving support for our work. I was worried  about how to support my family and had no solutions to alleviate my  financial problems. A friend told me about Empowered Poor which helps people start businesses through micro loans. I have the  skill for tailoring but no money to secure cloth and equipment. 

Babychan is originally from the state of Kerala, India. Thirty years  ago he left Kerala and moved to a village call Kuhi in search of a  better life. There he married and had two children. Even though Babychan  was an Auto Mechanic by trade, he was unable to secure a permanent job  and life was a daily struggle to provide food and shelter for his  family.

Pramila Masih lives in the city of Haldwani in northeast India. She  is the mother of three, one of which was born physically disabled and  requires expensive medical care and daily treatment. Her life  drastically changed after her husband was diagnosed with a terminal  disease and died leaving Pramila and her young children alone with no  means of support.

Lingamma has three children and lives in a village in  Rangapur, Warangal. She and her husband owned a small piece of land, but  due to water scarcity was unable to turn it into an income producing  property. Her husband was working as a day laborer but family needs  forced him to begin borrowing money from loan sharks. He was unable to repay the debt and committed suicide leaving his wife and children in dire need.

Hoisin Leivon and her husband Sanboi live in Arunachal  Pradesh, north-east province of India along with their seven year old  daughter. Since moving from the state of Manipur they have been struggling financially. Hoisin had previous experience working on  piggery farms and had a desire to start a small piggery business to help their struggling family. 

Roma and her family lives in Odisha State of India. Her  youngest boy is mentally challenged and her husband is a daily wage  laborer. Roma, though uneducated, is willing to do almost any work. She  finished a course in tailoring and wanted to start a small tailoring  business in order to earn some money to pay for her son’s treatment and  supplement their family’s meager income.

Kumari and her family live in a village in Orissa, India. She has two  grown children who are pursuing an education.  Her husband, who worked a  daily wage laborer, died of kidney failure few years ago. She was  struggling to survive when she heard of Empowered Poor micro-lending project. She applied and was granted a loan to start a grocery business.

Anar is a mother if six children who attend different schools. Her  husband does not make enough money to survive and meet basic needs of  the family. While they were praying for additional work to increase  their income, they heard about a seminar conducted by an Empowered Poor  staff member about micro-financing to start small income generating  businesses.

Sapna Nag is from the village of Tundla in Odisha,  India. She and her husband live in a small hut with seven children. Her  husband does carpentry work however his limited earnings are not enough  to provide for her family needs. Sapna heard about Empowered Poor’s micro-lending program in India and applied for a loan. She was able to  purchase a milk producing cow and sell the milk to those living in her community.