Success Stories

Real Result: Progress with Microloans

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Kabh and Lopu sell dried fish and vegetables—potatoes, onions and garlic—at their own market stalls in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital. The potatoes are imported and cost $2 apiece. In a place where people typically make $1 a day, it’s a hefty price, but even so, there is a market for their wares. They have built their businesses thanks to microloans from an American Refugee Committee (ARC)-sponsored institution.

Real Result: Education Changes Perspectives

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500

In the slums of Calcutta, India, many parents are illiterate and overworked, simply struggling to survive. Too often they view education as an impediment, rather than an improvement, to their children’s lives. As a result, their children struggle to make passing grades and often drop out of school altogether.

Real Result: Crop Diversity Increases Revenue

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Once considered a rare delicacy, artichokes are increasingly common on dinner plates throughout North America. Global Impact member charity CARE is helping to ensure that there is a plentiful supply to meet the demand while also helping rural farmers in Peru increase their income.

Real Result: Male Empowerment

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500

In several rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe, Global Impact member charity Africare has pioneered “male empowerment” to provide home-based care where, increasingly, families decimated by HIV/AIDS and other diseases are unable to tend their sick. The male volunteer caregivers, often members of churches and community groups, have become a godsend to hundreds of sick people and their loved ones.