Celebrating the Global Impact of PEER Teens
They are young people changing the world for the better. Bringing hope into prisons and hospitals, sharing good news with schoolmates, neighbors, and refugees – acting locally and partnering globally to encourage each other in Asia, Africa, and the Americas – even here in Boston! PEER Teens started five years... Read More
Welcome, Singapore!
PEER Servants has long been blessed with volunteers from Singapore as part of our global family, but July 2019 witnessed a significant increase in Singaporean volunteers. After the Philippines trip, seven of the PEER associates traveled on to Singapore to train a team of ten Singaporean volunteers in how to... Read More
Supporting Tribal Schools in the Philippines
We are always amazed at the work of our Filipino partner, The Center for Community Transformation, and our July 2019 trip there just added to our amazement! We were able to see the work of their education arm, Visions of Hope (VOH), in many different areas. The primary focus was... Read More
And Our 2019 Lydia Award winner is…
Maria Osorio de León, a tortilla maker from Guatemala, served by Potter’s House/Vida Nueva. Maria established a very successful tortilla making business that has grown significantly and now employs four employees. Despite not being able to read and write herself, the success of her business has enabled her to send... Read More
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