Post-Katrina Small Business Help for Delta's Poor
Hurrican Katrina help
Summary
Trickle Up will help 500 low-income entrepreneurs in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Business training and conditional seed capital will help them start or expand a small business.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $15,404 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Trickle Up Program That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
As people affected by Hurricane Katrina search for ways to rebuild their lives, it is crucial that those with nothing--no collateral, no records and even no address--are given the chance to begin again. Many have expressed their desire to start up a business of their own. But jobs are not always easy to come by in the areas of the Delta, already poor and with high unemployment, where Trickle Up is active. 500 low-income people will be given training and seed capital.
Activities
Trickle Up has 10 partners in the region, with dozens of professional business trainers ready to provide support through the Trickle Up business plan. Also, will provide training and conditional $700 business grants.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $15,404
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 $15,404 . The original project funding goal was $700,000.
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
Entrepreneurs will grow their businesses, reduce their dependence on public assistance and increase their family income. Small local businesses will revitalize poor neighborhoods and provide vital local services.
Project Message
A natural disaster called ‘Katrina’ exacerbated a disaster called ‘deep poverty’. Our response, called ‘bootstrap capital,’ gets people on their feet with their own business--one step at a time.
- Jonah Gensler, U.S. Program Director, Trickle Up Program
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Tessa Jackson
U.S. Field Officer, Delta/Gulf Coast Office
Trickle Up Program
104 West 27th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
United States
212-255-9980
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Organization
Trickle Up Program
104 West 27th Street, 12th Floor
New York,
NY
10001
United States
212-255-9980
http://www.trickleup.org
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Where this Project is Located
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United States
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
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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 October 13, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Trickle Up concludes work in the Delta/Gulf Coast
By Jennifer Pope - Communications Associate, July 16, 2007 05:53 PM
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