Testimonies
from Mombin Crochu
"I
have a small business selling beverages. When I first started
it with my own funds it didn't go well. The small profit that I
made did not really help me with my personal needs. The CHE
program teaches micro-enterprise. I became involved with CHE.
I came to know more about business and I also received a small
starter fund through CHE that I could add to my own funds. My
business grew and I increased my profits. This has enabled me
to pay for school for myself as well as to pay for school for a few
months for my little sisters. And I also contribute to food in
my household. My father is in the Dominican Republic trying for
a better life but it isn't going well -- he can't find work so he
can't send money back here to his family. I am very grateful to
the CHE program for their good work and for what we have learned."
"I
have a business selling rice as well as things people need for sewing clothes [needles, thread, etc.]. When I started a long time ago I made
some profit. I am married and have children, and I have this
business to help my husband because he cannot make enough for our
family. Now I'm associated with the CHE group in Mombin Crochu
and they had micro-enterprise teaching. I now understand my
business better. I was able to get a small loan and this
enabled my business to grow. I now make more profit because I
understand better how to manage my business. My business has
also grown. This has improved my family's economic outlook."
About our Micro-enterprise Program
Someone asked me a couple of years ago if we did micro-enterprise teaching. I said that we had lessons that we hadn't taught much for years since that portion of our program wasn't regularly funded. That person asked me to send him a plan for use of funds - turns out our director had an entire 5-year plan in his head for whenever we found funds. Since that time, just one donor has funded teaching in many villages throughout northern Haiti in both micro-enterprise as well as savings groups. We have such a creative, hard-working, plan-ahead team!
