Off to school with the help of SALT
Leap Sen from Cambodia was troubled that her 11-year-old son wasn’t able to attend school. Her husband’s job as a brick mason didn’t bring enough funds.
SALT Microfinance Solutions
Hope for South Sudan
Some of our newest SALT savings groups are helping people utilize their finacial resources to restore hope for South Sudan.
Beekeeping project helps SALT members
A SALT* savings group in Tanzania decided to start a beekeeping project since it doesn’t require a large investment and shows great potential.
SALT Agri-Plus Program Brings Opportunity for Refugees
When the SALT Agri-Plus program started in Anowora’s camp, it provided her with the opportunity to support herself and her young son.
Helping Kalith provide for his family
The teaching Kalith* and his wife Narmeen received prompted them to begin a small business to provide for them and their two sons.
SALT gives a second chance
Sixty-five-year-old Markus was once a successful business owner. But his livelihood was shattered when Boko Haram swept through Nigeria.
“I made a turnaround”
Before I came in contact with SALT . . . I didn’t see any need to do things to keep my customers coming back,” said Emilia from Ghana, West Africa.
Tailoring classes help needy Bangladeshi family
Although Naisha’s* husband worked hard as a day laborer in Bangladesh, he struggled to provide enough income for his family’s needs. Naisha longed to help her husband in the struggle to provide. When CAM’s SALT Microfinance Solutions program offered vocational classes in Naisha’s area, she decided to join the class. Here, she learned the skill… Read more
Welding School Opportunities for Ismail
Ismail grew up in the remote, Ugandan village of Oraba. His father was a truck driver, one of the few job opportunities besides farming in his village. When Ismail was a young boy, his father lost an arm in a traffic accident. Along with losing his arm, Ismail’s father also lost his truck-driving job. The… Read more
New Agri-Plus Project Brings Opportunity to Rohingya Refugees
What was once Bangladesh’s only wild game reserve forest is now home to the largest refugee camp in the world. The Rohingya people fled senseless violence and pillaging of their villages in Myanmar and made their homes in this forested area in Bangladesh. In less than a year, the refugee settlement grew to over a… Read more
Salt & Light
Are your neighbors in North America a new “unreached people group”? Do your neighbors know who Jesus is?
“Things are changing for me”
GROWING UP WITHOUT PARENTS, Julmiste’s life in Haiti was not easy. His father abandoned the family before Julmiste was born. Then his mother died some years later while he was still young. Julmiste’s older sister raised him and his two brothers the best she could. As an adult, Julmiste had no one to stand behind… Read more
SALT vocational classes bring hope to Nigerian orphans
BANNER AND HIS FAMILY, like many others in Nigeria, suffered extreme hardship at the hands of Boko Haram. The terrorist group killed Banner’s father and captured his mother and three siblings. The captured family members managed to escape after several weeks and were joyfully reunited with their loved ones. But it was only a matter… Read more
Woodcarving for a Living
Kostya from Ukraine learned valuable principles of saving money after he joined a SALT savings group. “My eyes opened wide when SALT came here,” he said. “I am very happy that God moved your hearts to help us understand many basic things.” When Kostya sought the Lord’s wisdom for ways to expand his income without… Read more
Family businesses that help people help themselves
But with the costs of food, shelter, school fees, and other expenses, his minimal income is not enough to meet the family’s needs.
