Better the World Partner Helping the Orphaned and Destitute

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Our Campaign Empower the Poor Through Microenterprise

Trickle Up empowers people living on less than a dollar a day to take their first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build micro-enterprises for a better quality of life.

Empower the Poor Through Microenterprise

Trickle Up empowers people living on less than a dollar a day to take their first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build micro-enterprises for a better quality of life.

Current Fundraising Goal Info

Finance a lamp oil business

$7 $30

Need

1.4 billion people live on less than $1 a day around the world. 70% of the world’s poorest people are women, while 20% are people with disabilities.

Solution

In partnership with local agencies, Trickle Up provides business training and seed capital grants of $100 to launch or expand a microenterprise and savings support to build assets. Trickle Up works in 8 countries throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Impact

Every year Trickle Up creates or expands 10,000 businesses every year. For every person who launches a Trickle Up livelihood, an average of 5 people benefit. In 2008, Trickle Up produced the following results: 71% of households improved their food intake, 53% of households increased spending on education, and 52% of households were able to better clothe their families.

Top Supporters

Member Cause Points
1 micha
micha France
76,479
2 presea
presea Canada
35,977
3 raichle
raichle Canada
32,589
4 jennaboo84
jennaboo84 Canada
28,995
5 mire
mire United States
21,827
6 bcline909
bcline909 Japan
20,953
7 story3girl
story3girl United States
20,628
8 saresiam
saresiam Canada
16,260
9 Skelad
Skelad United Kingdom
15,803
10 Karim
Karim Canada
15,464

Every time you see this ad, you're raising money for your cause!