Poverty

Fact: 314 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live on less than one dollar per day.

Through H.O.W. Inc., women in Africa earn a living to support themselves and provide food, clothing, and education to their children and grandchildren.

H.O.W is an acronym for Helping Orphans and Widows. The question of “how can we make a difference in the lives of orphans and widows in distress in Africa?” is answered by this exciting “for profit” business uniting women in America with women in Africa.

H.O.W. Inc., a “for profit” company, is designed to actively support African women who are learning crafts to support themselves and to pay for their children’s or grandchildren’s food, clothing and education. By coming along side these women and encouraging them we can stop them from prostituting themselves or their children to raise money for food, clothes and education.

H.O.W Home Parties have been designed to provide a guaranteed market for the crafts that the African women make. By hosting a H.O.W Home Party, you can help contribute to the widows and orphans well being in Malawi, Swaziland and Kenya.

All African crafts are purchased at fair market value so that the women doing the work immediately receive funds. All profit from the sale of these goods in America goes back to specific projects in Africa such as building Children’s Homes, training, micro-finance loans and other projects directed at orphans and women in need. If you are a registered volunteer planning to join Heart for Africa on a scheduled service trip, you may choose to use a portion of your profits to help fund your trip.

For more information on hosting a H.O.W. Home Party, please contact how@heartforafrica.org.

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