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START A BUSINESS
With support from Trickle Ups localpartner agency, Achiron
received trainingand a Trickle Up seed capital grant tostart a
kitchen garden. She sold thegourds and cucumbers at the nearby
market and put new business skills likeplanning and
record-keeping into practice.
SAVE FOR THE FUTURE
Achiron joined a Trickle Up savings andcredit group to begin
building her savingsand financial skills, while also boosting
herself-confidence. Along with other membersin this self-help
group, she benefited frompeer learning, the solidarity of the
group, and a
greater voice in her community.
STABILIZE THE FAMILY
As her kitchen garden began to generate income,as well as food
for her family, Achiron looked toensure her family would never go
hungry again.With training from Trickle Ups partner agency,she
started a second business: a fish pond, anadditional source of
income and much-neededprotein to her familys diet.
GROW
With her businesses thriving, Achiron decided it wastime to
grow. With a loan from heirself-help group, sheopened a small shop
that sells household supplies, toysand personal care products. Near
a major road and theonly shop in her village, this lucrative
venture has givenher the income she needs to pay for medical
expenses,send all her children to school, and obtain a
sanitarylatrine, reducing the risk of disease.
HerTrickle Up
Story
ACHIRON BIBI exemplifies the dynamism and drive of Trickle Up
participants who work tocreate pathways out of extreme poverty for
themselves and their families.
From a rural village in West Bengal, India, Achiron was married
when she was 11. Now at age 25,she has four children and lives in a
two-room hut made of mud and straw, with no toilet, runningwater or
electricity. Her husbands illness left him unable to work and the
familys savings depleteThere was no food, our children cried for
food, remembers Achiron.
Then Trickle Up entered Achirons life, helping her to...
Now I caN
staNd oN my
owN two feet.
Achiron Bib
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Trickle Up provides women living inextreme poverty with the
tools to buildlivelihoods that grow their income, skills,
savings and self-confidence.
wHeRe we woRK
cnrl ari
Guatemala + Nicaraguaw ari
Mali + Burkina Fasoai
India
wHo we seRVe
Trickle Up serves women living in extreme poverty on less
than$1.25 a day. They have few financial resources, little voice in
theirhousehold and are marginalized in their communities. Our
programis an empowering process that leads to increased income
andsavings, stronger community connections and greater hope for
theirfamilies futures.
oUR ImPact
In the past 3 years
25,466 participantsservedthat means over
125,000 people have experiencedan improved quality of lifeIn
2011
94% of participantsare women 14% of participants areaffected by
disabilitiand
GROWSPARK
CHANGE
100% have savings vs.6% at the start of the
program (India)
SAVE& CONNECT
WITH OTHERSFour times as many
women no longer need task permission
to make purchases
(Guatemala)
86% of participantsincreased their income
after one year (Mali)
BUILDA LIVELIHOOD
93% reported expandingbusinesses as comparedto one year before
(Mali)
88% report eating threemeals per day (after three
year program, Mali)
STABILIZETHE FAMILY
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aN oRGaNIZatIoN yoU caN tRUst
Trickle Up receives high marks for effectiveness from charity
watchdoggroups such as the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving
Alliance,Charity Navigator and IndependentCharities of America. In
2011, CharityNavigator awarded Trickle Up four starsfor
accountability and transparency.
eXPeNses
78% Program Services15% Fundraising7% Management + General
soURces of ReVeNUe
59% Individuals25% Government/Multilateral12% Foundations +
Corporations4% Other Income
LeadeRsHIP
PResIdeNt
William M. Abrams
BoaRd cHaIR
Penelope D. Foley
foUNdeRs
Mildred Robbins Leet(1922-2011)
Glen Leet(1908-1998)
BoaRd of dIRectoRs
Peter W. BairdThomas C. BarryJoyce ChangDavid ChielAubria
CorbittTerence CryanKathleen A. DonovanMargaret KleinClara Kim
David LarkinAlan J. PatricofWendy Gordon RockefellerDavid H.
RussellBarbara A. SchatzBenjamin SegalVirginia SermierLinda
Strumpf
