Helping Women Start Businesses in Ecuador
SummaryA team of five MIT students will work with a community of women in Pascuales, Ecuador during summer 2009 to help them start businesses by providing skills training, guidance, and financial support.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $762 was raised for this project. |
Received $762 from 20 donations from people like:
avegter
|
(Anon.)
|
Actions
Printer Friendly
Subscribe to Email Updates
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Share & Save this Project
Spread the Word
Tell a Friend
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Tag on del.icio.us
More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The local community of Pascuales has many street children. Children of Guayaquil has been working to address this problem by constructing a community center and providing educational workshops in the community. Now, a team of MIT students from MIT International Development Consulting will be assisting the NGO to help the women in Pascuales - the mothers of these disadvantaged children - to start businesses in order to provide for the healthcare, education, and safety of the street children.
Activities
We will do three things to improve the financial options and help the women generate income: 1) Create a savings opportunity program. 2) Help the women obtain loans for their businesses. 3) Help the women start businesses.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $762
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 $762 . The original project funding goal was $5,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project would serve directly to 20 families by helping them increase their quality of life. Indirectly we would be providing services to 2.000 people in the community.
Project Message
"We believe the greatest gift that you can give to a child is education.And we believe the greatest gift you can give to a community is the ability to provide for their children …"
- Nicki Lehrer, Founder and President
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Lauren Vegter
Director of Strategy, MIT IDC
362 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
5182076875
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Children of Guayaquil, Inc.
13304 Ridge Drive
Rockville,
Maryland
20850
United States
240 888 9090
http://www.EcuadorOrphans.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Ecuador
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Ecuador, read the Human Development Report on Ecuador or the Wikipedia entry for Ecuador.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 16, 2009
