Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A perfect way to spend an hour of your Thanksgiving: a fantastic documentary on helping the poor

Microlending has changed the world and has given many poverty-stricken people something to be grateful for.  Many organizations are based on the microlending concept, including Nivi Empowerment.

Spend an hour and watch this great documentary.  It gives a good, basic understanding of microlending, and will make you grateful for what you have.

Pivot.

I recently read an article by the Harvard business review on tweaking ideas to make them a success. It made me feel better about what Nivi Empowerment needs to do.

We are pivoting on a few things:
1) 100% of profits go toward helping those that make our products.  We have essentially done this all along, but now it is more straightforward.

2) We are expanding the product line.  Thanks to a great designer, I'm confident that Nivi Empowerment will have better designs than ever. 

3) We are also expanding production in order to make these new designs.  Currently we are looking at options in India, Ecuador, and Mexico.  Our criteria for people that produce Nivi products are simple:  They must be very talented artisans, and must have a legitimate need that is either health or education related.  We are very passionate about helping people from poverty to self-reliance and choose our workers carefully. 

As always, send any thoughts, leads, or suggestions to info@niviempowerment.com.  Thanks for your thoughts and support!

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