SALT is an acronym for Shared Accountability, Lending, and Teaching. This CAM program reaches out to impoverished people through microloans, savings groups, and agricultural programs. Our goal is to walk alongside clients, helping them use the resources God has placed in their care and teaching them the importance of following Jesus in everyday life.
Haitian farmers are excited about a new variety of bean they learned about through CAM’s SALT Agri-Plus program. Lomond, a farmer in the mountains of Haiti, planted a test plot with two bean varieties. Lomond planted some of his previous kind and some of the new variety. When harvest time came, the new variety yielded… Read more…
Impoverished people who have long struggled to support themselves and their families are discovering creative ways to provide an income. At SALT* savings group meetings, members learn Bible-based business principles and work together to collectively save money. As the savings accumulate, the group decides who should receive a loan and what the terms should be…. Read more…
My husband and I recently accompanied the SALT team to a microloan disbursement meeting in a poor neighborhood of Tipitapa, Nicaragua. This microloan group started when Juan, a man from this area, asked CAM for money for woodworking tools. Our staff told him why we don’t just hand out money and informed him about the… Read more…
Monday, June 24, 11:32 pm
