Seeds of Promise
Seeds of Promise is a Christian nonprofit organization whose main aim is to fight extreme poverty through sustainable farming, promoting better nutritional choices and entrepreneurship training for the youth in Malawi. Seeds of Promise is based in Lilongwe with a 50 acre farm and a city office where the entrepreneurial training happens.
OUR GOALS
1. To fight extreme poverty by growing and providing food for vulnerable kids to our partnering ministry and surrounding communities,
2. To train and equip the youth through social economic programs for self-sustainability and community transformation.
3. To create an environment where kids and youth can be transformed spiritually, socially, emotionally and academically to realize there full life potential (character development).
Our Programs
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING
- 2016-2017 trained 35 youth and 10 youth funded with startup loans
- 2017- 2018 20 youth and 10 women being trained.
- 2019-2020 25 youth being trained
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
- 350 Kids reached every week
- Activities includes bible lessons, Education motivational talks, health talks and games
- We provide snacks and drinks to kids
FARMING
- 50 acres purchased for farming
- Green houses constructed for winter crops.
- We have planted about 1 acre of sweet potatoes.
- 200 bags of corn harvested.
- Planted two acres of groundnuts
Threads of Promise
- In 2016 Threads of Promise joined Seeds of Promise to create a tailoring trade training with sustainable farming. Threads of Promise.
- For only $100, you can sponsor a young adult in the trade of tailoring. Upon completion of the program, they will have a marketable skill enabling them to provide for their future.
- A gift of $250 allows us to give a student a sewing machine at the end of their training, enabling them to start a business immediately.
- A gift if $350 would cover both the cost of training and providing a sewing machine for a young entrepreneur.
- To Donate: Threads of Promise
When you sponsor a child or youth with UrbanPromise International, you become a part of their extended family around the world. Helping them break free from the chains of their circumstances, and giving them the opportunity to hope for a brighter future.
