When we first started Spilling Buckets our objective was to learn as much as possible, stay focused on our goals, and be held accountable by our readers. We viewed any money earned from our writing as an extreemly fortunate thing and we wanted to give back a portion of all income earned to charities that mean something to us.
We currently sponsor four entrepreneurs through Kiva.org, a microlending group that provides loans throughout the world. We have also donated to the Flower City Habitat for Humanity and the Rochester branch of the Open Door Mission.
Thanks to your help, I am proud to say that we are able to add another entrepreneur to team bloggers. We currently sponsor businesses in several countries, including Nicaragua, Ghana, Viet Nam (sponsored by a reader, thanks!), and Togo. This time we chose a new area of the world: Europe, specifically Moldova.
Here is her story: When Mingazov Tatiana, a retired teacher in Cahul village, started a modest milk collection point eight years ago, she had no idea that her attempt at entrepreneurship would touch the lives of so many fellow residents. With her business, she realized the untapped potential of forming a cooperative of dairy producers. After two years of collaboration with Farmer-to-Farmer volunteers, cooperative sales helped to increase her income since 2003. Over 100 dairy farmers used veterinary services available at her co-op and reported higher milk yields as a result. Manager Tatiana and cooperative member Maria look forward to another productive year. They are certain that farmers’ surplus milk will always have a market thanks to the solid contract between the cooperative and the dairy processing plant. Microinvest granted her a loan to purchase two more cows to produce more milk.
Good luck with your business Tatiana Mingazov! and THANKS to all our readers!
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