Habitat NI volunteers worked alongside Shabnam Akhtar in the Savda Ghevra settlement in Delhi, India to help build a new home and new hope for a better future for Shahnam and her seven children. This is Shabnam’s Story of Hope.

Two women in Bangladesh go from living on less than 70 cents per day to becoming savvy entrepreneurs who are independently supporting their families.

Lending money is not the solution to end poverty — it needs more. BRAC microfinance addresses these needs to assist people empower themselves on their own with its unique design.