MDG: Eradicate extreme poverty by helping those whose income is less than $1 per day
Give mothers living in trash dumps microloans to build a future.
Vocation training and microloans provide valuable skills that help women achieve financial independence. The Unforgotten provides microloans to the mothers of trash-dump children to start businesses, so that the families do not become dependent on our aid.
We purchased an agricultural plot in Zambia and provided training to the wastepicker women on how to raise chicken, pigs, and crops. The women were able to plant different vegetables; and started to raise and sell pigs. In Sierra Leone we sponsored the mothers to attend local vocational classes for cooking and fabric dying. In both countries we also started microlending programs so the women could find financial stability. In Zambia the small businesses some of the women started included jewelry making and selling vegetables and charcoal. In Sierra Leone the women started businesses in food selling and soap. In India we started women’s Self-Help Groups that provided skills training, labor organizing, and microlending programs.