ZOE’s Giving Hope Empowerment Project enables children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa to live free from dependency upon outside relief aid within two to three years in the program. People often ask how they may purchase items created by children in the Giving Hope program. This type of opportunity has been beyond ZOE’s administrative capability and Giving Hope empowerment ideals.

ZOE is pleased to support this new opportunity offered through Bidzirk because:

» It is in keeping with the Giving Hope Methodology which allows children who have been trained and empowered by Giving Hope to provide for themselves and their families independent of ZOE’s oversight so that ZOE Ministry may reach out to new families of orphans in need of Hope.

» This project is made possible by the work of a ZOE volunteer who envisioned such an opportunity for children in the Giving Hope program and for people in the United States who want to purchase their beautiful products.

» ZOE will follow and support this new working relationship between Bidzirk and orphans in Rwanda over the next year.

In keeping with Giving Hope principles, ZOE Ministry will not receive any revenue from these items purchased at Fair Trade prices.