Programs

The Nyadire Connection maintains many ongoing programs:

1. Medical and doctor support
2. Maintenance of medicine supply at Nyadire Hospital and clinics
3. The Home of Hope Orphanage
4. Home of Hope Outreach School Sponsorships
5. Pastor partnerships
6. Ocean container shipments
7. ​Christmas connection
8. O-level textbooks
9. Micro-loan program
10. Volunteer in Mission trips
11. Revitalization of the farm
12. Rural clinic renovation
13. Girl Empowerment Program
14. Engineers without Borders

Micro-loans

In a country with 90% unemployment, there is limited opportunity for people to earn urgently needed funds. The hyperinflation experienced from 2006 - 2008 has wiped out any savings people might have accumulated. The concept of a micro-loan is to make a small amount of money available to people with financially viable business plans. Applications are submitted to the Nyadire Micro Loan Committee and if approved, the loan must then be repaid within 6 months. Loans are $500 or less. 

The program was piloted in summer 2010 with two loans:

1. Three-hundred dollars was loaned to Simon to purchase a cow, slaughter it and sell the steaks at a profit. These funds allowed Simon to keep his wife and children in school. Simon now has five cows.
2. $350 was loaned to Letitsia to purchase chicks, raise them to adult chickens, and profitably sell them as "broilers."

Both loans were successful, repaid on schedule, and the program has been expanded. As of January 2013, 18 loans totaling $7000 have been funded. The goal is to grow the program but only as procedures and performance are demonstrated. Contact Chuck Billerbeck.