Small Business for Vulnerable People
Launch a Livestock Business
More than 40% of Indian families live on an income of less than $1.25 a day. Many of these families live in rural villages where opportunity for employment is very limited. Your gift of $50 helps provide small loans, training and business support to 100 entrepreneurs so they can start small businesses or raise livestock to support their families. (EN1)
|
Micro-business Training for Girls at Risk
Business Start-up Kit for At-risk Girls
Women in Afuá, Brazil, who often have little education and are vulnerable to exploitation in the sex trade. You can help protect young women through a microentrepreneurial program that provides them with new opportunities. Your gift of $90 provides one woman with a business startup kit, business coaching and life skills so she can engage in a safe and healthy livelihood. (EN2)
|
Women's Microfinance Progarm
Business Loan for a Woman
In Senegal, rural women have little education, low levels of literacy and are often dependent on others. You can help a woman start a small business that builds her dignity as well as household income. Your gift of $200 provides a loan, training and personal coaching for an entrepreneur. Women often use the income to provide food, medicine, and education for their children. (EN3)
|
Baoshan Drug Rehabiliation Centre
Farm Vocational Training
When drugs come into China from the Golden Triangle they go through Yunnan Province. As a result, drug addiction has become a significant social problem for young adults in Baoshan. Your gift of $50 supports the work of four staff members who can help up to 30 young men through a drug treatment program that has been endorsed by the local government. (EN4)
|
Safe Motherhood Program
Business Opportunties for Hospital Patients
In the Walikale region of the Democratic Republic of Congo maternal mortality rates are seven times higher than the world average. War, sexual violence and lack of health facilities put mother and children at great risk. Your gift to the Safe Motherhood project provides mothers with economic support, maternal health care and ante-natal care that protects the health of mother and child. (EN5)
|
Sheep Breeding Program
Family Sheep Breeding Support
In the arid communities of Senegal, raising sheep can provide rural families with a source of nutritious meat, wool for clothing and household income when the animals are sold at the market. Your gift of $225 provides one family with a sheep, feed, a sheep pen and ongoing support and training. After the sheep are bred in the village, the family provides one lamb to help another family. (EN6)
|
Sewing Project
Self-supporting Missionaries to Libya
Christian ministry in Muslim majority communities can be difficult and dangerous. In Egypt, Christians are launching a workshop that provides workers with a safe place of employment and a source of income to support their Christian outreach activities in Libya. Your gift helps rent the facilities and purchase commercial equipment to manufacture clothing. (EN7)
|
Women's Vocational Project
Sewing Machine for a Widow
Widowed and divorced women in rural Mali often have no way to support themselves or their children. A women's centre in one central community provides literacy and vocational training that helps 100 women each year learn to stand on their own and raise healthy children. Your gift of $613 provides a woman with training to open her own sewing, embroidery or tie-dye business. (EN8)
|