Mission Resource quietly worked this past year to rescue an existing microfinance ministry in Ghana from going out of business.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
It wasn’t being discontinued because of poor performance – in fact, it was growing and doing incredible work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
For some reason, though, the program’s originating sponsor – a U.S. based mission agency – decided they wanted to put their attention elsewhere and pulled out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Mission Resource has been able to keep the doors open and retain the ministry’s topnotch staff. It is now operating under the name of The Empowerment Fund and, with Mission Resource behind it, we are serving more than 500 additional individuals in Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The Empowerment Fund will continue operating in the model that has worked for them for over ten years. Combining loans with a savings component and functioning in group settings, it is different from Mission Resource’s long-established model.<\/p>\n\n\n
But if it ain’t broke, we aren’t going to fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n
The Director, Eric Awortwe, is an incredibly sharp guy with the perfect skill set to take The Empowerment Fund to the next level.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
It’s an exciting new chapter for Mission Resource, but it also means we need to raise more funds than ever before!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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