Shoulder to Shoulder is thrilled to announce that we were chosen as GlobalGiving’s October 2021 PROJECT OF THE MONTH for our Hens Hatching Hope: Un Huevo Cada Dia program!
Our work in providing micro-loans to women so that they can raise hens was selected from a pool of more than 5,000 nonprofit projects in 170+ countries. Nearly 3,000 donors come together and make monthly donations to keep the Project of the Month going.
This extra support means the world to us—and to the community in Intibucá, Honduras. Over the course of the next year, we’ll use these additional funds to expand our network of small women-run hens and eggs businesses. Our goal is two-fold: (1) to increase the current 25 hen-hatching businesses to 30 and (2) to provide an egg a day to 400 children, from our current 300 children.
We can’t thank you enough for your continued compassion and generosity.
With gratitude,
Laura Manship
Executive Director
It's hard to believe -- but we're almost at the end of our first year of Hens Hatching Hope: Un Huevo Cada Dia.
We started this project in January 2021. This is what we have accomplished so far:
- 25 women, in 25 different communities, are raising hens
- 300 mothers take their children (6 months - 2 years) to monthly check ups at the health centers. They receive a ticket for 30 free eggs.
- 300 children receive an egg a day through the project.
- Children's heights and weights were taken in January 2021, July 2021, and again in January 2022. We are working with a professor at the University of Southern Georgia, to analyze the data.
Currently, we are in the process of evaluating the year, and working on improvements we want to make for our second year.
WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RUN THIS PROJECT FOR A SECOND YEAR.
We couldn't have done it without our wonderful donors and supporters!
Dear Friend:
Greetings from Honduras. I just returned to the US from a two week trip to Honduras. I had a busy, but very enjoyable, time.
I was excited to go and visit two of the women who are raising hens, and two of the families who are recipients of the daily egg program.
We are in the 6th month of the program, and are very pleased with how it is going.
Thank you for your support,
Laura Manship
Dear Friends:
In the photo above, you will see a very happy business woman. Vicenta raises chickens and sells the eggs to Shoulder to Shoulder (StS). StS then provides the eggs to mothers who have children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. Vicente is happy because the project allows her to bring in much needed income for her family.
We are in the 4th month of our project, and are thrilled with our progress so far! Celebrate our successes with us:
This project is a WIN-WIN-WIN:
The CHILDREN eat healthy eggs.
The WOMEN receive income from their hens.
The COMMUNITY benefits from the infusion of money StS pays the women.
THANK YOU to all of our supporters. This project would not exist if not for your belief in it and your support.
Laura
In early December, I traveled to Honduras, to visit our project. Mostly, I wanted to get to know some of the women who are raising the hens -- to lay the eggs -- to provide to the children in our project.
Our project covers 20 communities, and Gisela and Sandra found one woman, in each community, who had the desire to raise hens. However, in about half of the cases, the women needed some funds to help get the project started. We offered no-interest loans, of up to $250 per woman. The women will pay back the loans over the course of six months, through a reduction of the amount we pay them for the eggs we purchase for the children.
The loans allowed the women to puchase wire and wood (needed to build fenced cages for the hens); to purchase laying hens; and to purchase the feed for the hens. With these funds, the women were ready to start the project!
It was such a pleasure to see the joy on the women's faces. They are so excited about becoming "Business Women." Some of the women have experience raising hens and eggs; others are brand new at it. But, they are all excited...and all are including their daughters in the project.
In the photo above, our team is visiting Alba, and her new hen project (Alba is new to raising hens). In the photo below, you see the smiling faces of Carmen and her daughter (Carmen is more experienced with hens and eggs).
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