MEET TRICKLE UP PARTICIPANTS
AMINATA PORGO
| Burkina Faso
Aminata used the seed capital grant she received to start a small catering business cooking and selling rice in the marketplace.
FREW WUBE
| Ethiopia
Determined to come out of this hand-to-mouth existence, Frew started thinking about ways to have a more sustained income by starting a candle business.
JOGENDRA PRASAD | India
With the earnings from their restaurant, the Prasads have enough money to send their son and daughter to school.
SULEKHA DEVI | India
Sulekha, a member of one of the lowest castes in India, is overcoming discrimination and a visual disability with her new business.
SIXTA GONZALEZ | Nicaragua
Making crafts and selling tortillas and beans has given Sixta a new sense of financial and social independence.
SANTA ROSA CHIVITÉ | Guatemala
Five years of producing artisanal chocolate has allowed the village of Santa Rosa Chivité to prosper and bettered the lives of its residents.