Micro-Credit in Darfur Fosters Hope for the Future

Summary

RI's Small Enterprise for Hope project helps entrepreneurs in North Darfur create new livelihoods and prosperous futures through training and micro-loans.

How You Can Help

	$250 - Provides 1 entrepreneur with a loan to start up a small business
	$500 - Provides 2 entrepreneurs with a loan to start up small businesses
	$1,000 - Provides a loan to support the start-up and operations of a cooperative business
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Many families in Darfur have lost regular access to their farmland and businesses due to ongoing conflict. The Small Enterprise for Hope Project is helping to keep the entrepreneurial spirit thriving—even in the face of conflict—because enterprise is a tool for self-sufficiency and decreasing poverty. The program gives training and loans to individuals and groups, with a particular focus on women.

Activities

RI provides business courses and microcredit loans to entrepreneurs. Success stories include blacksmiths, tanneries, market farms, brick makers, bicycle repair shops, handicrafts and cafes. Loans have been repaid at a rate of 100 percent.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $300
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $24,700
Total Funding Goal: $25,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Supporting Darfur communities to strive for self-sufficiency can lead to long-term economic resilience now and in peacetime. The Small Enterprise Project is helping to lift the veil of poverty by teaching skills that build local economies.

Project Message

“I now have stable earnings to help me pay daily expenses. This project encourages people, especially women, to depend on themselves.”
- Amira Beraima Mahmoud, Small Enterprise Beneficiary

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