Programs: Economic development - provide equity capital and management resources to qualifying business throughout new mexico, particularly in under-invested areas.
Mission: Provide Business Opportunities for Minorities
Mission: Sun Dance Inc is a nonprofit organization dedicated to arts, cultural, affordable housing, small business, economic, education, and research development.
Mission: Ventana fund provides early stage financing for affordable housing in new mexico's underserved communities. Programs: Ventana fund provides financing and development services for low- income persons in the state of new mexico with an emphasis on housing located in economically distressed communities and housing market niches that are underserved by traditional financial institutions.
Mission: Our mission is to be a home to entrepreneurs. We strive to provide a support system for our clients so they can successfully grow their business through market penetration, job creation, and capital accumulation. Results: As a direct result of assistance provided by WESST over a four-year period (2008-2011) we generated 1159 new jobs! Target demographics: entrepreneurs Direct beneficiaries per year: create 42 new businesses and 240 new jobs Geographic areas served: The State of New Mexico Programs: Training, consulting, micro lending to small businesses, and incubation.
Economic Development, International, International Economic Development, Microfinance
Economic Development, International, International Economic Development, Microfinance
Mission: Bread and Water for Africa provides funding to African grassroots initiatives community-based organizations and leaders addressing critical needs such as the impacts of HIV/AIDS, orphan care, vocational and education training, water and sanitation, and access to healthcare services and information.Countries served include, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leon, Uganda, Cameroon, Chad ,Zambia and Zimbabwe. Results: In 2019, thanks to our partners supporters, Bread and Water for Africa® provide the following services that significantly improved quality of lives to family, youth, and community members in seven African countries. ***192 orphaned and abandoned children provided for all their basic needs, including education, healthcare, and counseling. **437 students in Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Chad received education support, including school tuition and boarding fees, school uniforms living expenses, education support. ***More than 40,000 primaries, junior high, and secondary school students benefited from the use of textbooks and reference books, with a total of 44,000 books distributed to 108 in Ethiopia and Uganda. ***More than 70,000 people received medical care, counseling, and health education in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, and Cameroon from our partners' hospital and clinics. ***400 female farmers received training and supplies to establish small farming operations to provide for their and their families’ basic needs through a program operated by Faith Healing Development Organization in Sierra Leone. ***Overall, it is estimated that 5,000 residents of the Yainkansa village and its surrounding communities benefit, either directly or indirectly, from the operations of its poultry project, which increased the availability of chicken meat and eggs, as well as the income of the community through employment and egg trading. ***In Cameroon, more than 650 residents in the village of Abomvomba benefited from the use of a clean water well which was constructed in June. ***In Ethiopia, more than 650 residents in the rural community of Degendo benefited from the use of a clean water well. ***In Sierra Leone, more than 1,200 students and residents of the village of Nafami benefited from the use of a clean water well built on the campus of the Logos Academy. Target demographics: Youth, Children, Family and Community Members Direct beneficiaries per year: More than 100,000 individuals Geographic areas served: Africa Programs: Orphan Care, Education, Clean Water Development,Agriculture and Health Care
Mission: Espwa exists to develop projects that empower the people of Haiti, alleviate poverty, build relationships, and ultimately encourage hope through Christ’s love. Target demographics: children, families, small business owners, and communities Direct beneficiaries per year: 16 families with 23 children, a community of 250,000 now served by New Hope Hospital, 600 patients during medical missions Geographic areas served: Cap Haitien, Haiti Programs: hospital and emergency relief, community farming, family education and support, small business empowerment, and more
