Stories

Trickle Up welcomes our new partner and funder, Mayan Partners. Together, we will reach 600 extremely poor youth, in Solola, Guatemala.

This scarf is not made by hand. It's made by ambition, on a machine, bought with savings, that was earned with profit. It's made by going further.

Poverty is isolation. It is hunger and instability. It's a cycle that's hard to break. That's why we work harder. We work smarter on the plan and on the ground. We go further.

Rani Paharia is the treasurer of her savings group in the Anibhitha village of Jharkhand, India. Through the group, Rani and her peers are saving, making small loans, and working t ...

With a Trickle Up seed grant and support from her father, 16-year-old Santa Irene invested in a small consumer goods store that generated profits needed to help them persevere duri ...

The full magnitude of the health, economic, and social fallout of Covid-19 is still uncertain, but it is clear that it will be catastrophic for hundreds of millions of the poorest ...

On July 29, 2020, Senior Director of Evaluation, Research & Learning, Jo Sanson discussed the objectives, benefits, and challenges of using digital tools to support livelihoods pro ...

José Alfredo, is a ten-year-old boy with hearing disabilities in Ixcán, Guatemala. Thanks to the efforts of his mother, Catarina Jacinto, he now has hearing aids that allow him t ...

Floridalma is 21 years old and lives with her husband and their three-year-old daughter in northern Guatemala. Using her Trickle Up seed capital, she began raising poultry and has ...

Cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal and Odisha, India on May 20, 2020, increasing uncertainty for a region already grappling with the nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19. Atreyee Kar re ...

On June 17, 2020, Director of Program Quality Leah Berkowitz examined how Trickle Up is adapting our programs now, how we are learning about the effects of Covid-19 on the people w ...

Covid-19 has created a difficult, if not dire, situation for the most vulnerable people. Sukanti is not exempt from the struggles, but thanks to her earlier efforts to begin a nutr ...