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The Christian Microenterprise Network
links missions, charity agencies, churches and individuals
supporting our vision to help income generation in developing
countries.
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Join the Network!
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 To
see our short introductory video, please click
here. This can also be viewed on YouTube
here
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH |
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"Take risks: if you win, you
will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise." Anon
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Developing your personal attitudes and
relational abilities will help you succeed in business and in life -
seven effective habits!
Click here
SMART
goals - set goals for your enterprise, project or
your personal life that are Specific,
Measurable, Agreed,
Realistic and Time-based.
Click here
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ANNUAL REPORT |
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Although not yet formally introduced to mission and
charity agencies in the UK, we have been delighted
to have received interested contact from Christians
in eighteen countries, and several new
microenterprise projects are now under development.
A short report and plan for 2009 is available.
Click here
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| PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER |
Internet Security Firm Netbox provides a free
downloadable poster with ten key pointers for
avoiding serious internet
fraud or virus risks -
click
here
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WANT TO START YOUR OWN WEBSITE? |
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To set up and manage your own website
absolutely free, two options are:
http://www.officelive.com
http://www.yola.com
I have used Office Live to set up a website for a
Mission Festival, found it quite easy to use, with a
bit of patience and it was all free....click
here to take a look.
The free Yola website service has not been used - if
you try it please let us know what you think.
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NEED
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 The World English website has a wide range of free
lessons, tests and quizzes to help you improve your
English.
Click here
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MICROBUSINESS IDEAS |
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Children's' Healthy Food Carts
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Mercy Corps
(http://www.mercycorps.org/ )has
worked to build new food carts and recruited
local vendors to sell snacks using recipes
designed by Mercy Corps’ heath team. Not
only will this program provide new job
opportunities for poor residents but it will
also help provide children healthier
snacking options. Photo: Vanessa
Dickey/Mercy Corp
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Media Innovations in Rural Africa:
Movies, Mobiles and the Web
Click here
for more on the Microfranchising BlogSpot.
Also click the links below
Inflatable movie screens for rural Africa.
Solar-powered cell phone kiosks in Uganda
launched by Motorola.
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Internet in-a-box for rural areas
by
SolarNetOne.org
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EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR AFRICA |
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Kickstart produce
and sell low cost, manually operated water pumps,
soil/cement
block press,
Cold press
for vegetable oil extraction
Website:
www.kickstart.org/products
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If you would like to start your own income generating enterprise or
are wanting to try and help others do this, then we hope we can help
wherever you are. We support the principles of equal opportunities,
fair trade, organic food production, environmental technology, high
integrity, health and safety at work and we recommend quadruple
bottom line (Profit, community welfare environmental protection and
spiritual awareness)
As far as possible, all our resources are free, but we would like
you to join us in this network as you will have valuable experience
and insights which could help up develop this global resource.
Please see our
membership
page for details or contact us.
We trust that our website will be of real help and encouragement to
you and wish you well in your future endeavours.
Please note: We regret that all available
funding support for new microenterprise is currently fully
allocated.
Availability of Essential Goods
Are there products which families in your community
need but are not available for sale at affordable prices?
If so could you please send a list to us
contact us so we
can consider possible development of a supply service.
Successful Small Business Models
We are very interested to purchase detailed information
including pictures and video clips of successful
microenterprises which are on our
list of concepts, to feature on our website to help others.
We are able to offer $100 for
each microenterprise able to provide the 'model' information we
need. If you would like to help in this way, please
contact us for details
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| SMALL SCALE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
SOURCING |
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Small size biodiesel equipment
If you are needing to purchase very small scale processing
plant or equipment for your business and already have
funding, let us know and we may be able to help by
suggesting suitable suppliers.
Small scale Alembic copper still suitable for production of
high value herb oils
| LATEST NEWS &
FEATURES |
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Internet Reaching into Developing Countries
The internet has expanded globally by nearly 380% since 2000
and it is reported that 25% of the world's population now
has internet access.
More information
 Basic Utility Vehicle Assembly and Sales
"Improving the lives of the world’s poor by providing
simple, low-cost vehicles to facilitate community
transformation”.
Our
partners are typically entrepreneurs in Africa or ministries
that are looking to provide valuable transportation to help
share the gospel, deliver vital services, and help create
employment. A simple cost effective transportation solution
throughout Africa could not only change but save millions of
lives...bridging the gap between vitals services and people
in need.
More information
click here
Website:
www.drivebuv.org
Email:
babkin_vladimir@yahoo.com
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 Sanitary
pad franchise creates jobs & improves lives
SHE (website) set up to provide
African women and girls with sanitary pads. Its first
franchise launched in Rwanda earlier this year, with
women manufacturing and distributing the low-cost
sanitary pads. If of interest, please
contact
Aid for Trade as we would like to help.
Locate Your National Development and Funding
Agencies
Find your country on: http://www.devdir.org.You
will see listed most if not all development organizations,
humanitarian agencies, grant making bodies and microfinance
banks.
Ecofaebricks
Made with 75%
cow dung, Ecofaebricks
are claimed to be 20% lighter and 20% stronger than ordinary
bricks.
Click here
for more information.
Improving hygiene and reducing disease risks
The PeePoo bag is being developed in Sweden for use where
there are no toilets. The bags are biodegradable and
impregnated with chemicals are claimed to compost faeces and
urine safely for fertilizer use in about 6 weeks.
This could be a significant help for very poor communities
and the price may be low enough for sustainable use. More
information here
http://www.cobwebinfo.com/)
provides on line access access to business planning and
offers for sale at about £6 each, fact sheets on start
up of 650 small business opportunities, some of which
Aid for Trade have purchased. A quite useful free weekly
newsletter on small businesses, albeit UK based, is
available at:
http://www.enterprisequest.com/news/rss.html
Free Seeds
Seedsavers (click
here)
have a
hand book and number of videos on
their website showing how seed can be saved from crops
for planting next year.
 Candles
from Waste Oil!
Located above a cafe, Tokyo candle
makers Filt have their raw
material within easy reach: used cooking oil, which they
filter, colour and scent before pouring it into jars
found in glass recycling bins.
http://www.filt-made.com.If
this interests you, do please let us know
click
here.
Get Motivated!
Free downloadable booklet on Creative Motivation by
Mark McGuiness available at:
http://wishful.fileburst.com/motivatecreate.pdf
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