"We have learned skills, we are more confident and from this day on, we hope to achieve even more."
- Mahasiran Bibi, India"We have learned skills, we are more confident and from this day on, we hope to achieve even more."
- Mahasiran Bibi, IndiaIn 2016, you helped us transform 216,934 lives
Dear Friends,
What is a breakout opportunity? It’s the prospect of achieving a transformative ambition. It makes your heart race and your palms sweat. It’s big, even life-changing.
For women and families living in extreme poverty, a breakout opportunity comes from gaining the financial skills and acumen that can turn a smart idea into a reliable income. It’s the ability to send your children to school and to a doctor when they are ill. It’s eliminating the worry of providing your family’s next meal. It’s raising your voice when you’ve always been silent. It’s defying a long legacy of poverty and exclusion. For Shibani Hansda of Brajarajpur, India, the breakout opportunity was Trickle Up…
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In 2016, you helped us transform 216,934 lives
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Dear Friends,
What is a breakout opportunity? It’s the prospect of achieving a transformative ambition. It makes your heart race and your palms sweat. It’s big, even life-changing.
For women and families living in extreme poverty, a breakout opportunity comes from gaining the financial skills and acumen that can turn a smart idea into a reliable income. It’s the ability to send your children to school and to a doctor when they are ill. It’s eliminating the worry of providing your family’s next meal. It’s raising your voice when you’ve always been silent. It’s defying a long legacy of poverty and exclusion. For Shibani Hansda of Brajarajpur, India, the breakout opportunity was Trickle Up…
“I am proud because I have been able to achieve my goals. The women who were selected because of their extreme poverty, like me, have become great entrepreneurs.”
– Habi Sawadogo, Burkina Faso
Turning Setbacks into Opportunities
These young women aren’t just sisters, they’re business partners outmaneuvering local market competition to build a better life for their family. Read story.
More than Just Financial Well-Being
Shibani Hansda overcame difficult challenges, including abusive in-laws, on her journey to becoming a serial entrepreneur. Read story.
Turning Setbacks into Opportunities
These young women aren’t just sisters, they’re business partners outmaneuvering local market competition to build a better life for their family. Read story.
More than Just Financial Well-Being
Shibani Hansda overcame difficult challenges, including abusive in-laws, on her journey to becoming a serial entrepreneur. Read story.
“Before we always depended on men. Not anymore. Now we are capable of doing anything.”
– Gilma Floridalma Tipol, Guatemala
Economic Stability to Collective Action
This group in Purulia, India fought for clean water and better nutrition for the children in their village and they won. What’s next? Read story.
Breaking the Cycles of Poverty and Silence
Once a savings group member herself, Sangita Devi found her true calling by helping other women discover the power of working together. Read story.
Economic Stability to Collective Action
This group in Purulia, India fought for clean water and better nutrition for the children in their village and they won. What’s next? Read story.
Breaking the Cycles of Poverty and Silence
Once a savings group member herself, Sangita Devi found her true calling by helping other women discover the power of working together. Read story.
“Trickle Up is helping us to change ourselves.”
– Ziad Ayoubi, UNHCR Livelihoods
Mobilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Tackle Extreme Poverty in India
We can meet the world’s demand to end extreme poverty within a generation by helping others reach the poorest and most vulnerable. Read more.
Can Smartphones Help the Poorest Escape Extreme Poverty?
This ‘game-changing’ pilot project will put smartphones in the hands of some of the world’s poorest women. Read story.
Mobilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Tackle Extreme Poverty in India
We can meet the world’s demand to end extreme poverty within a generation by helping others reach the poorest and most vulnerable. Read more.
Can Smartphones Help the Poorest Escape Extreme Poverty?
This ‘game-changing’ pilot project will put smartphones in the hands of some of the world’s poorest women. Read story.
