Mentors International | Intl
Mentors International ® has provided microloans in developing countries since 2008. With a
97% payback rate, these loans help individuals start and grow businesses, provide for their
families, and influence their communities. This year, with help from the dōTERRA Healing
Hands Foundation ® , Mentors International expanded, with projects in Nepal, Guatemala, Haiti,
and the Dominican Republic.
Mentors International is currently working to open a Learning and Mentoring Center in Santa
Domingo, Dominican Republic. This facility will provide mentoring to individuals as they plan,
launch, and grow their businesses.
Mentors International provides small business loans
to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Thanks to support from the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation, Mentors International is
conducting a study to assess meaningful and sustainable assistance in Haiti. In addition to
generational poverty and social, political, and economic challenges, Haiti is still recovering
from the 2010 earthquake. The study will examine the best way to address these challenges,
conduct evaluations, and meet with local authorities and experts.
In Guatemala, funding from the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation allows Mentors
International to extend loans to more farming families in the Polochic region and support
sustainable agricultural initiatives. Mentors International is organizing a cooperative of
cardamom farmers and establishing a support structure for small-scale producers. This
model will be used to support farmers working with other agricultural products.
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dōTERRA HEALING HANDS FOUNDATION I ANNUAL REPORT 2019
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As families work with Mentors International, they grow in
greater self-reliance, and become able to
Send their
children to
school
Afford to eat
nutritious
meals
52%
Families increase
their incomes by ON AVERAGE
Build better
homes
Save for the
future
out are to
90% given
women
OF LOANS
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