Microfinance

How Will the Intervention Help?

• There is no health in absolute poverty
  
• There are essentially no employment options locally
  
• There is very little money or resources locally
  
• Methods must be found to bring more money into the area
  
• As small businesses grow, local entrepreneurs will employ local people

Required Materials

• Motivated and responsible local people
  
• Money
  
• In other projects, women have been shown to be most successful compared to men

Building Process

• Identify local people with sound business plans
  
• Educate applicants about loans and repayment
  
• Use loan repayment to re-invest in other projects

Total Monetary Cost

• Variable

Current Micro-Finance Projects Being Considered

• Bread bakery – funded after initial bread production demonstrated $7 profit for three hours of work by two women
  
• Egg production – a group of women are interested in producing eggs locally and have been asked to submit a proposal
  
• Fish farm – This project is just being explored and knowledge gained