A Christian Resource for Microenterprise Development
Development Resources
CAN YOU HELP US?
There are four ways you could consider helping us:
- Development Fund Donation
- Start Up Loan Funding
- Internet Research Associates
- Microenterprise Mentoring
1. Development Fund Donations
Many business ideas need help and incur some expense in developing and preparing samples or testing their products or service with customers.
We will be very pleased to receive donations toward micro business development costs as a Development Fund. Donations to this fund of any amount can be gift aided
2. Microenterprise Start Up Sponsorship
Micro businesses in developing countries may require from £500 to £3,000 start up investment.
We encourage anyone starting a business to plan for the very lowest possible start up cost. However, it is accepted that for many there is no option but to seek funding.
If you could be interested to sponsor the start up of a new microenterprise, do please contact us
3. Internet Research Associates
Help is needed to generate useful information from the Internet that can be used
or referred to on our website. We need to recruit Internet research associates who
can give some time using the Internet to generate information and links on a wide
range of topics.This help can be done anywhere where you have Internet access, at
any time and for as much time as you can spare. There is a wide range of subjects
we need information on, but priority at this time is to generate ‘know how’ on each
of the seventy microenterprises identified on our Microenterprises page – each of
which will already exist somewhere and possibly in very many places. If you would
like to help us in this way please contact us and suggest which one to three microenterprises
you would like to research.
4. Microenterprise Mentoring
A major reason for the often low level of enterprise start ups in developing countries is the lack of ‘know how’ and completes absence of any help.
Whilst we will provide through this website as much help as possible it would still be a great encouragement to a start up entrepreneur if they had contact with someone who would offer guidance and direction when needed.
We are seeking people with business experience willing to help a microenterprise start up or development project by mentoring a business owner (Or if they do not speak English via a local mission or charity worker) using email and possibly telephone.
This need not be time consuming but could be a great encouragement and help .
If
you would like to help us in this way please contact us and send a copy of your CV.
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If any of these opportunities to help more desperately poor people generate their own income , we will be delighted to hear from you
