Tag Archive: Business Practices

January
26
2018

Les Cayes Widows

Just Hope International Expands Widows Empowerment Program in Haiti

Just Hope International, with private donations, announces the expansion of its program to economically empower widows whose businesses were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 in Haiti. Prior to Hurricane Matthew, the widows were street vendors supporting more than six dependents each. The program will now serve widows in Les Cayes, Haiti, and is an… continue reading
December
20
2017

December 2017 Program Roundup

We are excited to see change happening across our programs as the people we serve choose to use the knowledge, training and tools they have received, and then pass it along to their neighbors, friends and communities. Savings Groups Our newest Just Hope team member, Travis Trull, traveled to Ghana and Sierra Leone to visit Savings… continue reading
December
13
2017

Entrepreneur Makes a Fresh Start with “Fresh Life” in Haiti

Samarre Gens grew up with three brothers in Haiti. They were only teenagers when their father left them and their mother began struggling with mental illness. Without parents around to care for them, the boys became very independent, cooking, cleaning and providing for themselves. With challenging family circumstances and bleak economic prospects, Samarre felt depressed… continue reading
November
21
2017

November 2017 Program Roundup

Bringing Our Economic Empowerment Programs to Uganda This month the Just Hope team traveled to Uganda to plan the expansion of our programs there. They completed the due diligence necessary to structure and manage our programs in healthy, sustainable ways that ensure the people we serve have ownership, and that the impact of the program extends… continue reading
November
13
2017

Entrepreneur Finds the Recipe for Success in Haiti

How do you support yourself and your family when getting a job isn’t an option? That’s the question that Daphney St. Claire, a woman living near Jeremie, Haiti, had to answer. When she was a child, Daphney’s father left her family and moved to Port-au-Prince, leaving her and her two siblings to be raised by… continue reading
August
21
2017

Just Hope Partners with Haitian Entrepreneurs to Create Jobs and Rebuild Communities

Close to one year after Hurricane Matthew killed more than 800 people and destroyed communities in Haiti, the unemployment rate sits at 85% in the city of Jeremie. With countless businesses wiped out and employment options severely limited, many enterprising local entrepreneurs are taking matters into their own hands, and Just Hope is providing a… continue reading
September
16
2015

Exit strategy success

The one question you must ask for exit strategy success

I have participated in many business conversations about exit strategies and worked very hard to help people who had a lot on the line to navigate this complex matter. Don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not an expert and we’re not talking Donald Trump Wall Street deals here. Nonetheless, I’m offering just one of the… continue reading
June
15
2015

Lasting change comes from the process, not just the results

Talk of ‘capitalism’ paired with charity is still very popular. The buzzwords are plentiful: ‘social enterprise,’ ‘conscious capitalism,’ ‘sustainability.’ It is a valuable movement and a conversation worth supporting. However, a focus on a particular model, concept or approach to serving an impoverished world without real application to families and communities can be distracting at… continue reading