MALAWI – MICRO ENTERPRISE

Current Situation

Most people are still extremely poor

Many people have small businesses (selling vegetables, food, tailoring, etc) but have no business skills

Due to high illiteracy rate, many can’t be employed

Creates a lot of unemployment, leading to crime

What We Are Doing

End the “hand out” syndrome by

• Teaching people how to run successful businesses
  

• Providing loans to start businesses
  

• Continuously monitor their progress
  

• Help find markets for their products locally or internationally
  

What We Can Expect

• Poverty cycle will broken
  

• People will have excess income which will enable them to
  

• Send children to good schools
  

• Access private hospitals
  

• Invest in agriculture
  

• Give more to the church
  

This page was last updated: July 14, 2011