Older women in Balluay, Philippines noticed how some of the assisted school children were raising their own pigs. A number of local lolas (grandmas) asked if they, too, could be part of such an income-generating project.
In a small barangay (barrio) tucked in the Cordillera Mountains of northern Luzon,Phillipines, almost 20 women walk for hours to get to Faith Lutheran Church for Saranay (“helping one another”) Women’s Group meetings.