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Open to Grow Presentation to the Rotary Centennial Club October 14, 2015 Heather Gore-Hickman, CFO and Board Member Patrick McNaught, Board Member www.opentogrow.org
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Urda – One Woman's Story
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Registered charity focused on microcredit in Guatemala Doing our homework Research – Internet and on the ground Lending structure, Board, and charitable status Advisor to the Board The Rotary Connection 2010 Microfinance Conference hosted by Rotary Action Group on Microfinance and Community Development (RAGM) Meeting with Kiva Fast Forward - first loan issued Nov. 11, 2011 How We Started
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What We Do Focus on increasing women’s incomes Basic Business Development Program Microloans and monitoring Training and performance measurement Three 9-month cycles (27 months)
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Why We Are Different Integrated Business Development Program Microloans with business training One-on-one consulting Each client allocated business advisor Meet once a month Advisor records financial progress Performance measurement Sophisticated data base Analytics
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Achievements of Open to Grow Clients are poor women micro- entrepreneurs Over $900,000 loans to 2,600 clients Loan payback rate is 97% Portfolio sustainable by 2016
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Two-thirds of the women who have been in the Business Development Program for 12 months or longer have more than doubled their incomes $100 spent on training yields $250 in additional profits in following year Strong response to advice given (81%) 76% of clients keep financial records Achievements of Collaboration
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Miles for Microcredit What: Collectively walk/run/bike the distance from Calgary to Guatemala City – 2,842 miles When: October 20th, 7am to 5pm Where: Prince’s Island Park at Eau Claire Entrance Cost: FREE Optional donations made through ATB Cares are matched by 15% Plus meet & run with Ultramarathoner Dave Proctor
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We Would Like to Partner with Your Club Requesting to submit funding application We are seeking funding to expand our loan fund Help more women micro-entrepreneurs to increase their business incomes and move themselves out of poverty
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Thank You Questions? www.opentogrow.org
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