


Family Empowerment Program
Our Family Empowerment Program shifts the narrative; it helps keep struggling families together.
To date, we have enrolled over 377 families in our Family Empowerment Program in Ethiopia with an average increased income of approximately 300% — and many of these families now have 2-3 years of self-sufficiency under their belt! Not only does the program help families to thrive, but it ripples outward into the community as families grow their businesses, create even more jobs, and pour into the local economy.
Family empowerment is more than just a process or program, it is family preservation and orphan prevention.
WHY FAMILY EMPOWERMENT?
Around the world, the family unit plays a key role in the stability of the local society—a fact that is especially true in developing nations. Another fact is this: communities whose economies are struggling at the very local level often see high levels of orphaned and abandoned children. These abandoned children—sometimes referred to as “poverty orphans” are left to fend for themselves because parents cannot provide for them. They are often taken to orphanages in the hope that they’ll have a better life, be educated, and have a higher chance of survival. This is a choice that no parent should ever have to make.
Our Family Empowerment program seeks to change this reality. By walking alongside each family as they take significant, proven steps, the program shifts the narrative; it helps keep families together. It helps them directly thrive in their community, but more than that – it ripples outward into the entire community itself. As more and more families are empowered through the Program, the outlook of the entire community improves. The local economy strengthens, which leads to more opportunity for everyone.
Empower a Family Today
Empower a Family Every Year
Empower a Family Every 2 Years




PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- 377 graduates so far, with another 112 already enrolled
- 200 families projected to graduate in 2019
- 300% average increase in monthly household income
- Over 1000 children of program families enrolled in school, with 28 at the university level

Just $1200 takes a family through a 7-step road to sustainability that ripples outward into the entire community.
Empower a Family Today
Empower a Family Every Year
Empower a Family Every 2 Years
STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT
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