Congratulations to our 2018 Lydia Award Winner!
Congratulations to our 2018 Lydia Award winner, Minda Esparraguerra, along with our Filipino microfinance partner that serves her, The Center for Community Transformation (CCT), and our volunteer team that serves CCT, Team Philippines! Minda’s dream of starting her own ice cream business has grown and prospered, starting with her first... Read More
Meet Our 2018 Lydia Awards Finalists and Vote Online
A Burundian tanner who is creating income for 50+ people in one of the world’s materially poorest countries. A Filipino ice cream seller who wouldn’t put up with sexual harassment at work and now owns her own ice cream business selling to some of the best restaurants and hotels in... Read More
Our 2018 Walk for Economic Empowerment is June 2
Much more than a fundraising walk – our June 2 Walk for Economic Empowerment is a fun day for family and friends complete with recreation for all ages, great food from our corporate sponsors, and an opportunity to extend more of the kingdom to hardworking materially poor families around the... Read More
What A Concert!
Check out pictures from and a short video clip of our 2018 Concert for Economic Empowerment. It was a fantastic evening of great music, inspiring stories, and kingdom-extending response as many stepped forward to get further involved as a PEER Servants volunteer. Thanks to everyone who made the evening so... Read More
Rewarding Trip to South Asia
HEED/Sri Lanka and CSS/India sponsored excellent January 2018 trips to see their inspiring work. The time in South Asia was packed – visiting hardworking micro-entrepreneurs, holding training retreats in both Jaffna (Sri Lanka ) and Kolkata (India), and networking the two partners to learn from each other. As with most... Read More
Our (Free!) Concert for Economic Empowerment is March 10
It’s one of our favorite nights of the year – our annual Concert for Economic Empowerment! Join us for a free evening of great global music, featuring very talented musicians from near and far. Betwixt music sets we’ll hear the stories of PEER Servants volunteers who have been experiencing and... Read More
2017 Results from the Philippines
We love partnering in the Philippines with Visions of Hope, CCT’s education arm. They do amazing and very inspiring work among very at-risk children. Those who used to struggle to survive on the streets now experience a warm, loving home environment, are getting a great education, and are discovering... Read More
Esther Suh Recipient of 2017 Person of the Year
Esther Suh, one of 160+ PEER Servants volunteers, is the recipient of PEER Servants’ 2017 Person of the Year. The Award recognizes those who God used in extraordinary ways in the year to extend His kingdom to many. Esther is a prayer warrior and a fantastic encourager. She hosted various... Read More
PEER Servants Makes $300,000+ in 2017 Grants
Thanks to God’s provision and the generosity of our donors, PEER Servants was able to make over $300,000 in 2017 grants to the ten indigenous partners in our microfinance network. Those grants will provide for thousands of micro-loans, a vehicle for our Ugandan partner, vocational training for single mother refugees... Read More
PEER Servants Announces Dates for its 2018 Key Events
PEER Servants generally holds four key events each year, and that will be the case again in 2018. Concert for Economic Empowerment – Saturday, March 10, 6:30 – 8:30 pm: An evening of global music and desserts with accounts of what PEER Servants volunteers are doing next door and across... Read More