{"id":804,"date":"2020-12-19T00:20:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwconnections.org\/WP\/?page_id=804"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T16:16:26","slug":"project-three","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwconnections.org\/WP\/project-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Project: Strategic Micro-investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We wondered, what would happen if we invested money in a group of women who had lifted themselves out of poverty, started small businesses, and wanted to help other women do the same thing?\u00a0 We talked with two of our most strategic partners and they decided to invest in this small group of ladies!\u00a0<\/p>

We knew from the start that this was a risky venture.\u00a0 We felt confident in our partners and in the project so we sent the money and sat back to see what would happen.\u00a0<\/p>

It had been 4 years since the money had been sent by the time we went to check on the project.\u00a0 At best, we were cautiously optimistic about what we would find.\u00a0 When our Field Coordinator sat down with the leaders of the project, he was blown away by what he learned.\u00a0 He was told that they had taken the money and loaned it out to other women who were in dire situations.\u00a0 One woman was so poor that she did not even have a pan to cook in or a foam mat to sleep on.\u00a0 She took half of her loan to buy a pan and some food, the other half she used to start her business.\u00a0 This woman is now thriving and has her own little boutique clothing store!<\/p>

More than 120 women received loans and every one of them repaid it.\u00a0 With the original principal plus the interest, which was paid, these women, now as a large, organized cooperative, purchased a house, and began operating their businesses out of there.\u00a0 They then leveraged this house with a bank to purchase a HUGE piece of land in the city center as their new place of business.\u00a0 As of November 2020, they only have 2 years left to pay on that loan until that new land is free and clear!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Strategic Micro-investment If you want to invest money,give it to an African woman… We wondered, what would happen if we invested money in a group of women who had lifted themselves out of poverty, started small businesses, and wanted to help other women do the same thing?\u00a0 We talked with two of our most strategic
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