The Animal Bank
Donors who join The Animal Bank help women transform not only their own lives, but also the futures of their families and entire communities.
With your monthly support, women receive animals like cows, pigs, or chickens—powerful tools for building sustainable livelihoods. These animals help till the land, enrich soil for home gardens, and produce offspring that can be sold or shared, creating ongoing income and opportunity.
Together, we’re not just giving animals—we’re creating lasting change..
Start Your Farm
Give a Cow to The Animal Bank
Your monthly donations will be “saved up” until there is enough to purchase an animal. Once you have contributed an animal to the Animal Bank, we will send you an update with a small fridge magnet to celebrate! As your farm grows, so do the opportunities for hardworking women.
How it Works
Support women’s Self Help Groups is by providing a cow to their “Animal Bank”. A woman will borrow a cow from the Animal Bank until it has a calf.
Once the cow gives birth, the mother is passed on to the next woman. One cow can provide up to seven families with a transformative gift!
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Support women’s Self Help Groups is by providing a cow to their “Animal Bank”. A woman will borrow a cow from the Animal Bank until it has a calf.
Gathering in Self Help Groups of 15–20, women meet weekly to build literacy, learn financial skills, support one another, and save small amounts. After a year, they receive a seed fund—managed entirely by the group—to offer microloans for small businesses like farming and animal husbandry. Providing a woman with an animal can help her launch a sustainable livelihood.
Choose the Animal You Want to Give
GIVE A WOMAN A COW
After one year of giving $100 each month, you will provide a woman a cow.
GIVE A WOMAN A PIG
After 9 months of giving $50 each month, you will provide a woman with a pig
GIVE A WOMAN CHICKENS
After 6 months of giving $30 each month, you will provide a woman with a flock of chickens.
Women are a powerful force in ending poverty
When women are given equal access to education, financial resources, and leadership opportunities, they act as powerful agents of change, often reinvesting up to 90% of their income back into their families and communities.
If women had the same access to productive resources as men, the number of hungry people could be reduced by up to 17 percent.
Providing women with equal access to land, tools, and credit significantly increases farm productivity and reduces food insecurity.
Educated women are more likely to ensure their children, particularly daughters, attend school, effectively breaking the cycle of multi-generational poverty.
Empowered women are more capable of managing household risks and recovering from economic shocks or disasters.
“Even though life has been tough, I refuse to lose hope. I believe that with hard work and perseverance, we can overcome any obstacle that comes our way.”
Naseem, a mother in Pakistan
Much of the work HOPE donors support centres on the strength and leadership of women as drivers of lasting change.
By expanding access to clean water, the time women and girls spend collecting water is reduced from hours to minutes and the health of families is significantly improved.
Through community-based health initiatives, women gain the knowledge and services they need to care for themselves and their children.
Supporting food security helps families grow resilient crops, nourish their communities, and protect local ecosystems.
Investments in learning open pathways for girls and women to develop skills, confidence, and leadership.
Strengthening livelihood opportunities means women can build sustainable incomes, support their families, and drive economic growth in their communities.
Together, these efforts empower women not only to transform their own lives, but to shape healthier, more resilient futures for everyone around them.