This project provides micro loans and business training to 50 women "local entrepreneurs" impacted by HIV/AIDS in Zambia. The beneficiaries become self reliant and are able to break the poverty cycle. Learn More
Families in the village of Villa Linda will be able to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, buy the land that they are working. Learn More
About 700 women each month learn tailoring and how to run a small tailoring business from their homes. Women enter the 6-month course not knowing how to thread a needle; they leave with a livelihood. Learn More
Countries:
Malawi
Themes:
Microfinance,
Economic Development,
Education,
Women and Girls
Your donation will allow us to buy a motorbike to extend our reach to rural women who would otherwise have no access to microfinance. Our loan officers' ride up to 70 kilometres on dirt tracks to deliver training, mentoring and loan capital to some of the poorest women in the world. MicroLoan Foundation fosters entrepreneurial spirit and independence, offering a hand up not a hand out.
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Countries:
Sierra Leone
Themes:
Microfinance,
Economic Development,
Education,
Women and Girls
Project will provide training and financial booster-shot to small businesses, enabling them to start, expand and become self-sufficient. This assistance will help them to break the cycle of poverty. The beneficiaries receive education / training in business management that helps them succeed in their small businesses. Individuals and businesses become self-sufficient and this boosts economic development. Priority is given to women. Learn More
This project aims to replace kerosene lamps with solar-based household lighting (known as Solar Tuki) through an integrated approach of community mobilization and technological intervention. Learn More
Countries:
Kenya
Themes:
Economic Development,
Education,
Microfinance
This project provides business training and micro-loans for women living with HIV/AIDS in the largest slum area in East Africa, addressing the challenges they face in sustaining income generating activities. Learn More
Supporting the Agros villages of Nicaragua will enable families to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects. The families can then buy the land that they are working. Learn More
Countries:
Sierra Leone
Themes:
Economic Development,
Education,
Microfinance,
Women and Girls
Project facilitates valuable trade skills training enabling youths and young adults to be gainfully employed and self-sufficient. This training, in high demand, empowers and fills a vital gap. The training / education provided helps to complete their preparation and positions them as people who contribute to national development. Priority is given to women. At the end of the training, participants are provided with tool-kits that hep them start their own businesses. Learn More
Countries:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Themes:
Human Rights,
Economic Development,
Microfinance,
Women and Girls
We need you! We want to make it possible for communities to trust governments and police; citizens to have equal chances to make a living and children to feel safe walking to school Learn More
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