Men in India learn how to do automotive repair. Photo: PWS&D.
Women in Mozambique use their loans to start businesses such as selling fabric. Photo: COCAMO.
This women's savings group started a bakery in El Salvador. Photo: PWS&D.
Lack of access to credit and savings is a major barrier for people—and especially women—trying to lift their families out of extreme poverty. Money lenders charge extremely high interest rates that trap people into unmangeable debts. Working with partners in El Salvador, Guatemala, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, India and Pakistan, PWS&D is empowering vulnerable people to start their own businesses to break cycles of poverty and discover new opportunities.
Through PW&SD small business programs, women and men access literacy, numeracy, leadership, computer, vocational and business management training to develop the skill sets they need to be successful entrepreneurs. They form self-help groups that save together to access loans and begin businesses, such as producing crafts for local sale, starting vegetable gardens to sell produce at the market, raising livestock, managing a store, selling clothing, metalworking, bricklaying, carpentry, tailoring, hairdressing, jewelry making and other small ventures.
Participants are dedicated to their businesses and are proud of their successes. The profit they generate has a significant impact on improving their quality of life, allowing them to purchase nutritious food, pay school fees for their children and access medical care. Your faithful and generous support of PWS&D is helping women, men and youth around the world have the opportunity to break free from poverty.
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Thanks to your generous support, people around the world are gaining skills, income and confidence as they grow their businesses and help provide for their families. Make a donation today!
