About kick-start
Kick-Start is our small business grant program. We supply members of the community with the funds to start up a small business. As we grow, the long-term goal will be to have it running as a pay-it-forward program. Once recipients get their own business running and profitable, they will help another person/group in the community start one as a pay-it-forward promise.
Our recipients
CLAIREROSE
We’re very excited to introduce our third recipient of a Kick-Start Hope small business grant. Meet Clairerose Baptiste! She is originally from the mountains and now lives in the Lanzac community right near Montrouis. She has one daughter and is also learning to sew. With her grant, she has purchased the supplies needed to start a market stand. We’re very excited to watch her business grow and to see how it positively impacts her life. Thank you to all of our donors for making this type of life change possible.
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Elteda
Elteda is our second recipient of a Kick Start Hope small business grant. She has a grown son and lives with her mother, who is one of the elders that receives meals from Feeding Hope. Elteda now sells food and dry goods from her home and has a stall setup on market days. She is able to buy and sell new goods weekly, and also put some money aside in savings. Elteda is so happy to be part of our business program and calls it a huge blessing. We look forward to watching her business grow for many years to come. |