Development
Development projects provide long-term sustainable solutions to the cycle of poverty and oppression of women. Counseling is often required so the women can discover their natural gifts and resources. Skills training allows them to provide for themselves and their families, making them less vulnerable. And microloans provide women with the investment necessary to start a small business. They learn to help themselves, and often, as their lives are transformed, they begin to understand God loves them. They are able to see themselves as one created in God’s image, a woman of value and worth. The development projects here were designed to equip and encourage women:
