Problem

Families with little or no access to capital cannot engage in income generating activities. Throughout the world, the phenomenon of providing income generating activities to poor families (often called “microcredit") has proven to be a successful strategy in helping families to launch small enterprises and earn enough money to afford health care, housing, school fees, food and other basic human necessities that are not provided by impoverished or corrupt governments.

The Gift

Give the gift of life – literally! Giving a loan to purchase and raise animals, such as cows, rabbits, sheep, chickens and roosters is the perfect gift for someone who cares deeply about providing opportunity and empowering a family to lift itself out of poverty. For $50, your donation will enable Operation USA to give families throughout the world a small loan to implement lucrative animal husbandry projects.

Operation USA partners with four local organizations in Cambodia, Vietnam, Nicaragua and Indonesia to help provide loans, most often to women, ranging from $50 to $500. For example, in Nicaragua, $50 buys 25 chickens and 1 rooster, in Indonesia $50 pays for a food cart for a rural market stall, and in Cambodia $50 buys seeds for a nutritional garden to diversify crops. In addition to loans, our partner organizations conduct training and lend financial and technical assistance.