Hope Backup International is dedicated to empowering underprivileged adolescent mothers in developing countries. We are currently operating in Rwanda, where we provide to the underprivileged adolescents mothers with the tools and resources they need to work their way out of poverty, care for their children, strengthen their families and communities.
Our Empowerment Programs for underprivileged adolescent mothers in Rwanda include:
You can support our programs by giving a gift of a piglet or a sewing machine to an underprivileged adolescent mother. Every little bit counts, and your support will help change lives.
Mentoring programs
Mentoring programs are an excellent way to empower underprivileged adolescent mothers and help them achieve their goals. These programs pair underprivileged adolescent mothers with experienced mentors who provide guidance, support, and advice. Mentors can help underprivileged adolescent mothers navigate the challenges they face in their personal and professional lives, share their experiences and insights, and provide skills training.
Advocacy & community outreach program
All of our work, programming, advocacy and campaigning is rooted in the fundamental belief that every underprivileged adolescent mother has the right to survive, access to vocational skills and be supported. Since Hope Backup International foundation in 2023, our pioneering spirit to stand up for every underprivileged adolescent mother has not faltered. Every day, we’re standing up and speaking out wherever underprivileged adolescent mothers are in need.
Join us in taking action for and with underprivileged adolescent mothers. Help us do whatever it takes to achieve the change needed.
One piglet per one underprivileged adolescent mother program
One sewing machine per one underprivileged adolescent mother program
Ones of the reasons why some of the underprivileged adolescent mothers that Hope Backup International works with choose pig farming is that pigs multiply really fast. One sow (mature female pig) can farrow (give birth to) between 8 and 18 piglets at a time.
Pigs also have a high resistance to diseases, they hardly get sick and adapt easily to most environments (hot or cold). This makes it possible for pigs to be raised on both a small and large scale.
Unlike cattle, sheep and goats which produce between 50 and 55 percent meat from their bodies, pigs can yield up to 70 percent edible meat because they have a much smaller proportion of bones than meat.
Pigs grow to market size very fast because of their amazingly high feed-to-meat conversion ratios. This simply means that for every kilogram of food they eat, pigs produce more flesh (meat) than cattle, goats and sheep.
In addition to its high meat yields, meat processors and marketers love pig carcasses because they’re easier to handle and package compared to other types of meat.
Due to this adaptability, pigs make great candidates for intensified or diversified agriculture that fits a wide range of budgets.
Through this program, underprivileged adolescent mothers can learn valuable sewing skills and Hope Backup International provides them with their own a sewing machine to start their own self-sustaining and respectable tailoring business, making garments, doing repairs and alterations. They can earn a daily income so that they can independently provide food and other basic needs for themselves and for their children.
Tailoring offers these underprivileged adolescent mothers not only vocational skills, but also hope and financial freedom. This program equips them with the means to rise above their demeaning circumstances. It also contributes not only to the well-being of their families but to their community as well.
Please support this program and help underprivileged adolescent mothers thrive! By donating $100, you can cover the cost of a brand new sewing machine and help us set underprivileged adolescent mothers free from the bondage of poverty.
Your gift is a doorway to a better life for these underprivileged adolescent mothers. It is a gift that gives hope day after day, year after year and it will make a difference for generations!