Mi Esperanza is a non-profit organization that provides vocational training, microloans, and empowerment programs to impoverished women in Honduras. Their courses teach skills like sewing, computer use, and beauty to help women gain employment and support their families. They also offer a microcredit program to help women start small businesses. The organization aims to help women help themselves and break the cycle of poverty plaguing many Honduran families.

1. Be the fabric of change in
the life of a woman living in
extreme poverty.
... It’s easy.
What is
Mi Esperanza?
Make a
Beautiful
Difference
Of the 1.3 billion people
living in extreme poverty,
70% are women.
Mail donations to:
Mi Esperanza
P.O. Box 1575
Mandeville, LA 70470
Mi Esperanza is a non-
and spiritual empowerment of
impoverished women living in
Tegucigalpa,Honduras.
Mi Esperanza means “My
Hope” in Spanish.Through
our sewing classes,computer
courses and beauty school,Mi
Esperanza is providing Hondu-
ran women with hope that they
and their children can break
free from the cycle of poverty.
Janet Hines
Executive Director, USA
janet@thewomenofmyhope.org
(985) 630 - 3542
Contact
Mi Esperanza
Lori Connell
Executive Director, Honduras
lori@thewomenofmyhope.org
(205) 533 - 8725

2. ... It’s Mi Esperanza’s mission.
Many Honduran women and children are
living in extreme despair. Mi Esperanza
needs your help to start a new trend.
Style & purpose
Gypsy Bags
$20
Statement
Wallets $15
Cross
Jewelry $15
Little Hope
Gypsy Bag $15
Cross
Jewelry $15
Statement
Wallets $15
Little Hope
Gypsy Bag $15
Make a difference in the life of an
impoverished family by purchasing a purse,
wallet, or jewelry item hand-made by the
women of Mi Esperanza.
The Mi Esperanza Training Center
teaches women of all ages the skills
to gain employment and provide their
children with an education.This is how Mi
Esperanza is breaking the chain of poverty
that has plagued many Honduran families.
Gypsy Bags
$20
Here’s how we’re doing it ...
Personal SkillsTraining: This course teaches
women the basic skills of job searching and
gaining employment.
Worldwide,
12 million children
do not have access
to an education.
www.thewomenofmyhope.org Visit womenofmyhope.org to place
your order and start changing lives today.
Our Micro-Credit Program
Our micro-credit program grants small
loans to poor entrepreneurs that are not
considered“bankable” because of lack of col-
lateral or steady employment. Our program
gives women the opportunity to launch their
businesses and share the opportunity of
employment with others.
Special Skill Training:
Each course teaches
women a unique skill.
The Mi EsperanzaTwo-Part Education
Through these courses,women learn
computer,sewing and salon/beauty skills in
order for them to gain employment or begin
a small,grassroot business of their own.
Helping women
help themselves
When Maria came
to us in‘02 she had a
small tortilla business
making 200 tortillas
and earning one or
from Mi Esperanza,Maria was able
to expand her business to where she
now makes 2500 tortillas a day in a
large oven she was able to purchase
for her home.She now earns $25 a
day (which is comparable to most
doctors in the country) and has a
store and an employee who helps her.
Meet Maria