5 results for tag: training
Biznis Progress
Back in November, our first Biznis Pam class graduated from entrepreneurial training. We thought you might like to know how they're doing today.
Monite, our field director and trainer, sent us an update this past week. Here's the good news:
Of the five people who attended the first class, four created business plans that were approved and funded with micro-loans. (The fifth student didn't meet all class requirements.) All four new businesses are in operation. Here is Monite's report on the status of each:
Three of the four new businesses are growing. One of the ladies keeps thanking us for her loan. Another, who has been ...
First Class!
The first group of students in our Biznis Pam program have graduated and we couldn't be more excited. Here's the proud class and their teacher, Monite (far right).
The five students gave uniformly positive evaluations of their learning experience. Some of their feedback included the following comments:
Thanks to this training I know and understand what business is. Thanks a ton, Biznis Pam. Because of you and your help my dream will come true.
I love all days of the training. Now I am ready to create and manage a business. I learned a lot of things from the interactions between us.
Now I know more about business. I know how ...
Meet Monite
Monite Métélus-Louis is SFH's "person on the ground" in Haiti. She administers our micro-loan program, including training future business people who will be the recipients of those loans. We describe her new enterprise, Biznis Pam, in another post.
She's such a prize, however, we'd love you to get to know her. Recently, SFH president Laurae Richards interviewed Monite. Here's one excerpt.
Come back later for more clips from this interview.
(We apologize for the sound quality. Haiti can be a noisy place!)
Biznis Pam!
Saturday, October 15, 2011, marks one of the most exciting events in the history of Servants for Haiti.
The first of twelve classes for a group of aspiring Haitian entrepreneurs will be held with the sponsorship and support of SFH. Haitian businesswoman and friend of SFH, Monite Métélus-Louis, will teach five men and women the principles of starting and running a small business. When they successfully complete the training, SFH will provide loans so they can implement the business plans that they develop during the class.
Servants for Haiti will underwrite each student's tuition, which covers the course and all materials. In order to ...
A Future for Junior
Back in 2000, when the folks who started SFH first visited Haiti, we made a lot of new friends. Over the years, some have moved on and others seem to have simply disappeared. One young man we hit it off with right away was a boy named Junior. His name didn't fit his appearance as he towered over his friends of the same age.
For a time, Junior attended what has since become CJRA, the school SFH supports. Due to a mixup with a sponsorship program that preceded SFH, he was forced to drop out of school. This past summer, a team member named Jeff met Junior and was impressed with his intelligence and work ethic. Jeff decided to do something to ...