WHAT WE DO
Learn about our Business Advising, Focus on Financial Literacy, Customized Business Loans, and Technology programs.
DONATION
100% of Donations Go To Guatemala.
Namaste Helps Women Make Their Small Business Dreams Come True.
ABOUT US
Our Team, Annual Reports, and Our Story.
our mission
Our Mission is to directly contribute to Women´s Economic Empowerment by providing business development programs that increase the business cash flow of low-income women.
Approximately 350 women annually are offered education services with loans of $260 -$660. If they are successful, they can continue their education with second, third and fourth cycle loans of $400 – $900 -$2,000. The graduates who complete four training cycles are eligible for our “Start” program which provides a loan of up to $4,000 for women who can grow their businesses large enough to employ additional workers.
BUSINESS ADVISING
Business advisors are local community leaders, well versed in the local economy and also the indigenous language of the region.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Each Namaste Entrepreneur learns important cash management techniques, such as separating business money from personal money.
CUSTOMIZED BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM
Each woman’s business is unique, which is why the loans are tailored to the specific needs of each client.
TECHNOLOGY
The monitoring and evaluation system used by Namaste is based on a tailor made online database called PROSPER.
PROFILE OF TYPICAL
NAMASTE CLIENT
RECENT BLOG POST: HOW HIGH IS UP, PART TWO
In my last post titled “How High is Up?” I promised to use our new Qlik Sense analytics tool to do a deep data dive and examine the characteristics of the women who do best in our business development program.
DIRECTORY
Namaste celebrates 15 years of service to over 3,500 low-income micro-entrepreneurs, the top 70% of which more than doubled their monthly profits with our training!
NINE-MONTH TRAINING CYCLES
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ATTENDANCE RATE
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ADVICE IMPLEMENTED
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meet the women you are helping
Silvia Isabel
Olga Marina
Romelia
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