Micro credit, enterprise management, leadership

Summary

Empowering Mexican indigenous women to manage successful, viable microenterprises via credit and an integrated education program of business management, leadership skills and analysis of gender roles

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $36 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project addresses the need for integrated financial education to empower poor women. Women constitute 67% of Mexico’s informal economy. Out of this total, only 8% have access to credit and only 2% have access to financial education to use credit efficiently. The project beneficiaries are indigenous Otomí women in Temoaya, rural Mexico. Men migrate out of Temoaya for long periods of time in seach of work, thereby placing the burden of household and finances on women.

Activities

Produce educational manual for credit promoter. Impart workshops using existing didactic material on finance, commercialization, innovative marketing and leadership to train leaders of each savings/credit group.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $36

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $36.  The original project funding goal was $57,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Participatory education techniques will build business management, marketing & leadership skills to encourage micro enterprise initiation. Viable micro enterprises will breed women’s empowerment, entreprenurial innovation

Project Message

SIEMBRA offers me the opportunity to facilitate becoming an economically, socially empowered woman
- Estrella Gómez, Project participant

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Cristina Zepeda,
Executive Director
Av. Universidad 1815, entrance A, floor 503
Col. Oxtopulco Universidad
Mexico City, Mexico 04310
Mexico
011 52 55 5662 2188
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Servicios Integrales a Mujeres Emprendedoras, A.C.
Av. Universidad 1815, entrance A, floor 503
Col. Oxtopulco Universidad
Mexico City, DF 04310
Mexico
011 52 55 5662 2188
http://www.siembra.unlugar.com

Learn more about Servicios Integrales a Mujeres Emprendedoras, A.C. and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Mexico and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 28, 2004.

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