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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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micha
France
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76,479 |
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presea
Canada
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35,977 |
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raichle
Canada
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32,589 |
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jennaboo84
Canada
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28,995 |
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mire
United States
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21,827 |
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bcline909
Japan
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20,953 |
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story3girl
United States
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20,628 |
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saresiam
Canada
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16,260 |
| 9 |
Skelad
United Kingdom
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15,803 |
| 10 |
Karim
Canada
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15,464 |
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