Last year the Indian Rupee and Nepali Rupee values dropped dramatically by 17% at their lowest point, the lowest in 15 years. This is a by-product of the trade war between …
Dramatic Growth
Many people in the United States have never heard the term “subsistence farming,” yet for many families in the remote villages of the Himalayas eking out a living from the …
Microfinance Starts in 3 New Villages
We are excited to announce that in the last year we have launched our microfinance program in three new villages in Nepal. This unprecedented growth comes after nearly a decade …
Exponential Change
The remote HOPE Fund village in the Surkhet Valley of west Nepal is 4.5 hours from the nearest city. It is accessible only by crossing a river and climbing treacherous …
Continuing Change
A guest blog from ServLife HOPE Fund Director Sam Lemmons about his and his wife’s work with ServLife’s micro-finance program. The HOPE Fund micro-finance program had its start in Nepal …
Goats for Grandparents
In the beautiful Surkhet Valley of Nepal, the main industry is agriculture, and most people work as field hands earning about 2 dollars a day. This is not a profession …
Talents and Investments
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about investment, micro-finance and return on investment. It led me to revisit the parable of the talents in Matthew 25. Jesus tells the story …
HOPE Grows
Early this year the HOPE Fund launched in the Surkhet Valley of west Nepal and is having an immediate impact: Hope Grows from servlife on Vimeo. Since the HOPE …
Valuing Partnership
In April I spent two weeks in India and Nepal visiting with our directors, meeting with pastors, sharing sponsor packets with children and interviewing families in the micro-finance program. I slept …
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