Where Did the Money Flow?
Your search for Micro-enterprise found 22 result(s)
Jussara (609)
Brazil / $3,122
Flow Funder: Bettina Turner
Year Funded: 2010
Jussara is a "Worker of the Planet." She is a founding patron of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Movimento Mecenas da Vida in Itacare, Bahia, Brazil. She works daily and tirelessly in favor of life, through actions aimed at balancing life on the planet. In her words: "Look how far we can go with a simple action! It's unbelievable the level of reach that an uninterested and selfless action of both parties can express to those who are in tune with the same things, so...this experience also embellished my process that continues, continues stronger than ever, and very determined! I am humbled and deeply grateful to the great Superior Being / Great Spirit / God who coordinates everything!"
Kaski Self-Reliant Women's Group (605)
Nepal / $1,080
Flow Funder: Chimene Hickey
Year Funded: 2009
Ram Subedi initiated this project in Nepal, in which micro-grants are awarded to 15 women for supplies and training for the development of their small businesses in Pokara, Nepal. The women's businesses are in the areas of bee keeping, goat raising and vegetable farming.
Meulaboh Women's Business Development (603)
Indonesia / $2,200
Flow Funder: Chimene Hickey
Year Funded: 2008
This branch of the Sustainable Recovery Coalition is directed by Ibu Rosni Idham, a prominent midwife/community organizer/politician in her community. A grant was shared with 17 female tsunami survivors so they could start their own businesses. The tailors were each given a sewing machine and material supplies ($2,703). The cooks were given seed money to buy gas stoves and start-up cooking supplies ($382). All of the participants were given trainings on business development and quality control ($504).
Bukit Lawang: Sustainable Disaster Recovery (600)
Indonesia / $8,200
Flow Funder: Chimene Hickey
Year Funded: 2007
Several gifts were shared with the village of Bukit Lawang, Indonesia, focusing on education, micro-grants for small businesses, and planting trees. In order to stimulate the local economy and create opportunity, micro-grants were provided to 30 families to help them revitalize their small businesses ($2,871). To support continual education, we funded one year of school fees for 45 children. To encourage adults to learn new skills in sustainable, organic methods of agriculture, we sent three people from Bukit Lawang to the Green Hand Field School in Aceh, Indonesia ($1,796). For the benefit of the community and land, we planted 530 trees throughout the village and along the riverbanks ($2,848). The trees were selected specifically for the purposes of nourishment, medicine, erosion-prevention, land restoration and shade for the community. In order to ensure the survival of the seedlings, we protected them with bamboo cages and hired a caretaker to look after them for the first 6 months. We invested in a project to restore land from a palm oil plantation back to its natural jungle state. We planted fruit trees on the land to provide food for the people, orangutans, monkeys, birds, and other wildlife to share.
Lamsujen Village Cooperative (597)
Indonesia / $2,724
FFCH: Indonesian Development in Education & Permaculture (IDEP)
Flow Funder: Chimene Hickey
Year Funded: 2007
In the village of Lamsujen, Indonesia, seven women started a small sewing cooperative. Several gifts were shared with them, including: Ten sewing machines ($1600); Tools, materials and training in product design/quality control so their skills can be developed to meet local market needs ($373); and Cloth for their initial product of bags with environmental messages to be used and reused in the marketplace, reducing the use of plastic bags ($751).
Support for Cyclone Nargis Survivors (594)
Myanmar / $20,000
FFCH: Business Kind Myanmar
Year Funded: 2008
A gift was shared for immediate relief (the first 4 weeks) for survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma), including medical/supplies, shelter, clean water and food. Another gift was shared for intermediate relief (the next 4 to 12 weeks), which included pond/crop restoration and re-building schools, churches and monasteries. A gift was then shared for long-term recovery (the next 4 to 8 months), which included income-generation programs for widows and orphaned daughters, as well as economic start-up funds for sewing, baking, fish-drying, noodle-making, and candle-making small businesses.
Susan Davis & The Capital Missions Company (CMC) (590)
http://www.capitalmissions.com/
Ecuador / $500
Year Funded: 2010
The Capital Missions Company (CMC) creates networks of investors, business leaders and philanthropists to catalyze a globally-sustainable economy. The President of CMC, Susan Davis uses her networking method "KINS (Key Initiator Network Strategy)," as a time-efficient and cost-efficient approach to introducing innovation into culture. KINS Networks leverage philanthropic dollars into catalytic initiatives to solve social problems and is based on the understanding that "we are all one." Susan Davis' passion and inspiration in her work moved me to help support her in her work in Ecuador.
Koiyaki Guiding School (550)
Kenya / $2,000
FFCH: First Peoples Worldwide
Year Funded: 2010
The Koiyaki Guiding School plays a pivotal role in the Maasai community as it provides the only local curriculum for Maasai students to gain marketable skills in the field of tourism that are based on traditional knowledge and local practices. Funds were used to initiate a forum for Indigenous Maasai landowners to co-manage their land and resources through learning exchanges, and by sharing best practices to enhance biodiversity conservation and livelihood sustainability. A two-day workshop at the Koiyaki Guiding School was held to analyze the capacity of community groups, identify conservation planning tools, identify best practices within existing community conservancies, identify ways to integrate traditional Indigenous knowledge into resource planning, and develop an action plan to establish a regional 4 conservancy and scout network among the Maasai. All of these objectives support the goal of creating a Masai Mara Community Conservancies Network that will allow Maasai communities to work together to leverage resources, share best practices, and network across the region to continue to protect their natural and cultural assets.
Cultural Preservation, Ecology/Sustainability, Micro-enterprise
Anasa Troutman (532)
http://www.anasatroutman.com/anasatroutman.com/hom
United States - Georgia, United States / $1,000
Flow Funder: Ocean Robbins
Year Funded: 2009
This leadership award was shared with Anasa Troutman. Anasa is a fellow with Movement Strategy Center, and has done extraordinary work as a social justice organizer and community builder with many organizations. Anasa also has a spectacular voice with an incredible message. This award specifically targeted bringing her music to the world. She is now working on an album, and has premiered a concert in her home town of Atlanta.
Youth Micro-Enterprises (184)
Kazakhstan / $183
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
A gift was shared to help young people renovate part of the former library to open a hair salon and shoe-repair business.
Steel Doors & Window Bars Business (180)
Kazakhstan / $99
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
The graduates of an orphanage decided to form an organization and work together building steel doors and window bars. A gift was shared to purchase metalworking equipment.
Small Business Registration Fees (178)
Kazakhstan / $33
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
An Association of Small Businessmen was formed and this gift helped pay the fees to make them legitimate.
Shoe Repair Shop (171)
Kazakhstan / $222
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
A gift was shared to help a man buy equipment and rent a space for his shoe repair shop.
Shoe Repair Shop Equipment (170)
Kazakhstan / $322
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
Because he is a former convict, this father was being paid a salary that was not enough to feed his family. With our Flow Funding gift, he was able to open a shoe repair shop, and now he is helping the family of another convict.
Tools for a Car Repair Shop (169)
Kazakhstan / $595
Flow Funder: Tamara Sabitova
Through our Flow Funding gift, a villager was able to open a car repair shop and have enough income to support his own family plus the families of two of his sisters. He is also teaching his nephew car repair skills.
Horse for Herding (165)
Kazakhstan / $900
Flow Funder: Sakan Aubakirova
A gift was shared with a family to purchase a horse for herding their flock of sheep.
Women's Sewing Project (164)
Kazakhstan / $450
Flow Funder: Sakan Aubakirova
A gift was shared to purchase fabric for various sewing projects of this collective of women.
Pig-Rearing Mini Farm (137)
Kazakhstan / $340
Flow Funder: Mira Bocharnikova
By raising piglets, this family will be able to eat and sell the pork, which will improve their lives greatly.
Support for Local Family (134)
Kazakhstan / $800
Flow Funder: Mira Bocharnikova
A single mother and her three children requested help in buying a piece of land, a used motorcycle, a chain-saw, and 2 goats. With the motorcycle and chain-saw the sons will be able to make money cutting firewood for villagers and delivering it using the motorcycle. They also plan to plant fruits and vegetables on their land to support their family's budget, by transporting and selling the vegetables and fruits at the market. The family is also willing to cut firewood at a discount for other single mothers in the area.
Sports Youth Club (126)
Kazakhstan / $1,130
Flow Funder: Ludmila Kurtavtseva
Funds were shared to create a Sports Youth Club to provide activities for kids who live in neighborhood.
Art of Vision Art Gallery (123)
Kazakhstan / $600
Flow Funder: Ludmila Kurtavtseva
Funds were shared to purchase a space and supplies for an art gallery that will help talented people from low-income families develop their art-making skills.
Rukodelie (92)
Kazakhstan / $400
Flow Funder: Sonya Aubakirova
A Flow Fund Gift was shared to purchase needlework and sewing materials for this new organization, creating work and income for young people in the village.