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Microcredit Funding
Mentors International
The dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation® is proud to be partners with
the micro-lending organization, Mentors International. Providing credit to
those who would otherwise not have financing opportunities or whose
only lending options are with unethical and even dangerous lenders,
the microcredit fund helps lift the poor from poverty while elevating
communities through economic development.
Maria Pillaca Noa: Maria was first introduced to Mentors Peru by a former teacher. Her first loan was $167, and was
to help her and her husband grow their furniture/upholstery business. Maria is currently saving to buy a new sewing
machine that will allow her to more efficiently sew different kinds of fabric.
communities through the formation of small
businesses with loans managed by Mentors
International. Mentors International extends
loans to people of all creeds and faiths and
strives to mentor clients with proven business
principles to ensure prolonged success.
On-going efforts continue in 2017 through
our partnership with Mentors International.
dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation funding
has helped to establish a fully-operational,
in-country microcredit lending operation
in Northern Ghana. Funding has also been
provided for a microcredit lending initiative in
Nepal as part of a collaboration with CHOICE
Humanitarian and Mentors International.
dōTERRA has a Cō-Impact Sourcing®
operation in Nepal for Wintergreen and
Spikenard essential oils and the dōTERRA
Healing Hands Foundation has been working
on humanitarian projects there since 2015.
Ana Huari: Ana currently has a business to sell disposable utensils and disposable paper products in Lima, Peru.
After receiving her original loan of $90, Ana was able to expand her business and take out another loan.
She currently has a loan for $800.
Mentors International was founded in 1990
and works in developing countries to alleviate
extreme poverty. This goal is accomplished
by helping the hardworking poor grow small
business enterprises using the principles of
microcredit and self-reliance—a “hand up”
not a “handout.”
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Mentors International provides start-up
support, training, and loan capital for its
partner organizations. Since the inception of
the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation’s
partnership with Mentors International in
2008, millions of individuals in developing
countries have broken the cycle of poverty
and learned to make a difference in their
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