No one works harder than a mother with a starving child. The Covid-19 virus is affecting women differently than men and that is particularly true of women in the developing world whose primary role...
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Stories of Hope
In light of COVID-19, we wanted to share with you some stories of HOPE and transformation. The women in The Tesfa Project—Women's Empowerment Program are transforming their communities and bringing...
TESFA Microgrant Savings Program
The TESFA Project is on a mission to break the cycle of poverty and chronic hunger among Ethiopia’s most vulnerable – impoverished widowed mothers – and offer a life of dignity and HOPE. The...
Gelane’s TESFA Story
We are excited to share with you the story of Gelane Buta. On a recent Petros Network Life Impact Trip we were able to meet with Gelane, one of our widows in The TESFA Project—Women's Empowerment...
Beauty from Ashes
On our most recent trip this winter, we met in small groups with the 50+ women in the Petros Network Women — TESFA Project, a women's empowerment project focusing on widowed mothers in rural...
Living in HOPE, Even When It is Hard….
We are excited to share this next story of Negase Wokamale. She was so eager to be interviewed by our TESFA Project — Women's Empowerment team that she came and found us and waited patiently for us...
“Someone Believed In Me and Changed My Future”
"My name is Irgibe Korsa, I am 30 years old, and I live in Gojo, Ethiopia with my three children. We didn’t always live in Gojo. We used to be farmers and live in the countryside. My husband was...
Misireki’s HOPE Story
"My name is Misireki Hayilu. I am 40 years old, and I live in Gojo, Ethiopia. I live with five of my children and an orphan girl I took in off the street who has no mother or father. When my husband...
Meet Brehane
Story From the Field:Brehane, Tesfa Project Sponsored Widow "I was sick and had not eaten in many days and I was trying to nurse my child, but my body could not produce any milk. I could see death...