NGO
Fundacion de Asistencia para la Pequena Empresa (FAPE)
Over the last 25 years FAPE has offered microfinancial and training services to small business owners to support them in their struggles to improve their quality of life. FAPE's services aim to reduce poverty among its clients, principally indigenous women with limited access to traditional financial services. FAPE recognizes the importance of promoting social as well as economic development in the communities it serves.
Mujeres en Desarrollo Dominicana (MUDE)
Founded in 1980, MUDE is one of the best established and most respected local non-governmental organizations in the Dominican Republic. Its mission is to contribute to the social and economic development of Dominican women and their families living in rural and suburban areas. MUDE focuses on the promotion of leadership and healthy lifestyles among participants. MUDE has a broad range of experience as an organization in the following areas: helping women to establish rural community organizations, microenterprise and skills training, health education, installing clean water infrastructure, and environmental protection. For a list of their many accomplishments and awards and any further information please visit MUDE’s website (in Spanish).
Pro Mujer Peru
Impact First has a long-standing relationship with Pro Mujer, having partnered with PM for multiple projects in Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Peru (see Country Footprints). Over this period we have had the pleasure of watching Pro Mujer grow dramatically and increase its impact in many parts of Latin America.
Pro Mujer Peru was founded in 1999 and offers a wide range of services to its clients, including several types of loans, access to savings accounts, business and human development training, and access to healthcare through negotiated alliances with third-party providers.
Through its alliances with public and private health providers, Pro Mujer Peru focuses on promoting integrated healthcare for women and children, and also provides counseling and other care for women and families dealing with alcoholism and domestic violence.
SAHANIVASA
SAHANIVASA has been working in India since 1985, increasing the scope of the issues its projects have addressed over time. To date, they have worked in community mobilization, caste and gender rights issues, cultural action, leadership training, legal education, income generation, natural resource management and agriculture. The organization considers all aspects of the living situations of the groups it works with, touching on the various factors that contribute to poverty and oppression. SAHANIVASA’s approach is therefore holistic, as it aims to create sustainable change in the abilities of participants, especially women, as well as within the systems that surround them.
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