Founded by Drs. Abraham and Amie Sarker in 2015, Hope Loans’ goal is the elimination of extreme poverty through micro-loans and other community development projects such as education and health services to the most underserved among families in rural areas making less than $2 per day. Today, Hope Loans partners to implement 12 microfinance branches, 28 primary schools, and a rural hospital. More recently developed projects include building latrines, wells, schools, and the innovative Sustainable Aquaculture System.

As Co-founder and CEO of Hope Loans, Dr. Abraham Sarker is passionate about developing and implementing self-sustaining solutions to fulfill Hope Loan’s mission of hope for the marginalized and oppressed. He often says, “I don’t want to be a part of something that will die with me.” As an entrepreneur and adjunct professor of business, Dr. Abraham brings distinctive expertise and experience in organizational and cross-cultural leadership. He is dedicated to transforming lives and communities for the better.

Dr. Abraham was born and raised in South Asia where he experienced abject poverty, but after completing advanced degrees in the U.S., Dr. Abraham was moved to make a difference in the developing world by bringing sustainable solutions to poverty. He earned his BBA and MBA degrees from Dallas Baptist University, and a Doctor of Strategic Leadership degree from Regent University in Virginia. He and his wife, Dr. Amie, have been bringing holistic and self-sustaining solutions to end poverty through establishing and partnering with a local NGO (non-governmental organization) in Bangladesh since 2007.  He is actively involved in monitoring and developing our global NGO partners.

As Co-Founder and President of Hope Loans, Dr. Amie Sarker brings twenty years of experience in cross-cultural work and program leadership. She has effectively served diverse clients in the U.S., East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. Dr. Amie provides administrative leadership, also making regular trips to the developing nation communities we serve. Through her initial trips to South Asia, she and her husband, Dr. Abraham Sarker, were moved to start international development work in 2007 in response to the extreme poverty they witnessed there.

Dr. Amie received a B.A. in Education from Dallas Baptist University, her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Arlington, and her Ph.D. in Literacy Studies from the University of North Texas. Through her experience in higher education, she developed two master’s degree programs and has taught undergraduate and master’s courses at U.S. universities. A specialist in international literacy and English as a second / foreign language education, Amie joins her passion for empowering girls and women in poverty through educational and economic opportunities with leadership and research initiatives as Hope Loans engages in educational and community transformation projects.

Interns & Volunteers

INTERNSHIPS & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Does changing the world one family at a time excite you? Interested in joining our cause as an intern or volunteer? We need them both!