"I'm thinking about fixing my house next year," Blanca said excitedly... as she finished showing us her baby pigs. The 11 pigs, born to the sow she had purchased with her $200 microcredit loan, will give her a nice profit - enough to buy her children's school supplies and add chicken once a week to her family's usual meal of rice and beans.  "Before these loans, I never even thought about fixing my house," she continued; "all I thought about was how to feed my children for that day." JustHope is involved with over 100 women in the microcredit program, which continues to thrive with a 100% repayment rate. We believe that every person has a right to work, and our experience shows that meaningful work not only helps people meet basic needs, it increases one's sense of dignity. This week, another microcredit bank was funded! *********************************  Elba Update! Elba has moved home and is still doing well. She will know mid-June if a second surgery is required. Here she is with the microcredit women of Boca de Cantero. | 
