Meet our 2019 Lydia Award Finalists and Vote!
A Sri Lankan handbag maker, a Ugandan household goods retailer, and a Guatemalan tortilla maker. All grew their businesses with access to microfinance products and services from a local microfinance institution (and PEER Servants partner). All overcame tremendous obstacles. Their families are now living with sufficiency and dignity, and all... Read More
We (God) Did It! $100,000+ in the 2019 Walk!
Big news! For the first time ever, the PEER Servants family raised over $100,000 through our 2019 Walk for Economic Empowerment. Just imagine what over $100,000 will do invested wisely in the lives of the materially poor. Many families will be experiencing a bit more of heaven right here on... Read More
Exploring Education Partnerships in Guatemala
Potter’s House, our Guatemalan partner, is one of the leading partners in the area of education. As PEER Servants expands our partnerships beyond microfinance, education is one of the key areas in which we are being asked by many of our partners to focus. A team of six PEER volunteers,... Read More
A Record Level of Global Grants!
Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful global community, PEER Servants was able to make a record level of grants to our global partners in 2018. Over $360,000 went to strengthen microfinance, education, and youth empowerment programs in Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas. Thousands of people will ultimately experience more... Read More
Announcing Our 2018 Special Project Grants
We are very pleased to announce our 2018 Special Project Grants. These Grants are in response to special projects our global partners present to us each year that are above and beyond the regular funding we provide to them for their microfinance, education, and youth empowerment initiatives. This year they... Read More
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
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
Invest Credit Gets New Mobile Office Van
Thanks to your generosity, Invest Credit in Moldova has a new mobile office van! PEER Servants was able to make a $26,000 grant to Invest Credit at the end of 2016 for the van. Invest Credit equips the van to operate just like an office; it allows them to extend... Read More
CSS/India Opens Kamarkundu Station
The Christian Service Society (CSS), PEER Servants Indian partner serving almost 30,000 of the materially poor on the outskirts of Kolkata, is adding stations on the Kamarkundu railway line. With each station CSS adds, they will add an average of 150-200 clients, and with an average loan size in the... Read More
YGro-HEED Passes 14,000 Micro-Loans in Sri Lanka
YGro-HEED, PEER Servants’ Sri Lanka microfinance partner, passed the 14,000 micro-loans mark in August. That’s over $4.2 million invested in the families and communities of the materially poor, enabling them to survive tsunamis, civil wars, and a post-conflict environment. HEED offers one of the lowest loan interest rates in the... Read More