In 2023 Diablesse Rum has started to support women all over the world through Lendwithcare and Kiva which provide funding and low-cost loans to help low-income women entrepreneurs work their way out of poverty and to become economically independent with dignity.
Through this we hope to empower women enabling them to build businesses, increase their income and make life better for their families and communities whilst giving them self-confidence & self-esteem.
It is often hard for women in more rural communities to get access to funding due to economical restrictions and long standing discriminatory attitudes.
By giving these women access to the funding they need it reduces poverty not just for them but their families whilst also creating jobs for their communities and also seeks to erode the economic injustice that women still face all over the world.
With your help we have supported:
Charline (55) Madagascar
Charline needed a loan to purchase additional kilos of assorted dried fish to support her and her family in the future.
Joselin (26) Ecuador
Josalin lives in the province of Carchi and has grown up looking after her parents’ agricultural farm. She hires 6 people to fertilise and maintain her crops and they harvest 1,400 sacks of potatoes a year. She has requested a loan to buy sacks, fertilizer and for wages for the coming harvest so that she can offer good quality produce at the market.
Elsy (20) El Salvador
Elsy grows corn and beans, a skill she learned from her family. The plot where is plants is close to her home and she needed a loan to purchase fertilizer for her crops.
Maria (39) Ecuador
Maria is a single mother and supports her three children in the province of Loja. For the past 15 years she has grown Maize and would like a loan to secure a better income for her family by investing in land improvements, hiring day labourers to sow & harvest and purchase supplies.
Sarojni – Fiji
Sarojni lives on the second largest island of Fiji and she produces Kava which is used during traditional ceremonies and also as a popular Fijian drink. She needs the loan to purchase equipment needed for harvesting, washing, packing and transporting.
Mariabel (45) Philippines
Mariabel has a son and 2 daughters and is working to secure a better future for her family. She has opened a sari-sari shop which is stocked with everyday essentials, she needs a loan to increase stock to satisfy increasing customer needs.
Consuelo (34) Ecuador
Consuelo is a single mother who has a 16 year old son at secondary school. She has been farming for the last 10 years mainly passionfruit, avocadoes and tree tomatoes. She needs a loan for fertiliser plus wire and sticks to support the passionfruit plants as they grow.
Ruth (21) Vanuatu
Ruth has a 9 month old baby and lives with her parents in a remote area. She sells her fresh, garden harvest at the local market, a business she started 3 years ago to provide the basics for her and her daughter and hopes to expand her business and purchase the land they harvest. She needs a loan to purchase seedlings and tools.
Mrs L, (52) Vietnam
With prices increasing she needed extra capital to repair the farm, buy geese and food. This loan was enabled though Thanh Hoa MFI
Photo by Peter Hammer
Senora N, (36) Dominican Republic
She wanted to buy a bigger range of supplies for her shop to sell to her community: sugar, rice, oil, meat, eggs, salsa, flour, fruit, vegetables, coffee, salt
Photo by Jacopo Maia
Mrs A, (57) Togo
Mrs A, has been selling fresh vegetables in the market for the last 20 years, but without financial support, she has been unable to increase the number of products she has to offer.
Photo by Sergey Pesterev
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Santos, (50) Peru
Santos trades sheep, pigs and cattle. She regularly sells 5 sheep and 1 pig per month to local farmers and is using the loan to buy 4 more sheep, seeds & fertilizers. This income will be used for her children’s education.
Photo by Blaine Mckinney
Manh, (57) Vietnam
Manh is using the loan to buy 2 more buffalo calves and expanding her business by raising more buffaloes to sell. This income will be used to improve the living conditions for her family.
Photo by Alex Azabache
Jonalyn, Philippines
Jonalyn successfully manages own eatery business which offers traditional Filipino snacks and refreshments. She operates from Nipa Huts and wants to construct more to meet customer demand.
Elohim, (32) Caribbean (Dom Rep)
Elohim runs a small grocery store from her house selling oil, beans, dairy, bread, water, coffee, sugar and groceries. She needs more products to expand her range and meet demand.
Lilia, (31) Ecuador
Lilia focusses on pig farming which provides for her children’s education. She has 7 piglets and 2 pigs and wants to improve her farm.
Juana, (40) Caribbean (Dom Rep)
Runs a shop from her house selling undergarments and would like to expand her business to meet her customers’ needs.
Lieb, (33) Cambodia
Lieb is a farmer who grows wet season rice. She has 2 hectares of land and she collects two tons of rice per hectare. She is using the loan to purchase an additional half hectare of land to grow more rice.
Eladia, (64) Caribbean (Dom Rep)
Eladia runs a car parts store from her home selling tyres, oil, parts, patches and nuts to generate income for her family, she needs more products to expand her range.
Diablesse Rum is proud to support the Young Women’s Trust in the UK and actively raises funds for this important organisation.
The Young Women’s Trust provides vital support and coaching for young women and campaign for economic justice for all women.
YWT campaign for young women’s equality in the workplace, explore the issues that young women face such as the income gap and discrimination and, through research examine the challenges young women face both when getting into work and once they are in the workplace.
For more information and/or if you would like to donate please follow this link: Young Women’s Trust
The Mawuena women’s collective has 21 members who live and work only 10km from the capital, Lomé, Togo. Between them, they are responsible for the well-being of 39 family members, 32 of whom go to school. They are a hard-working group with small businesses working in the markets selling various food products like vegetables, shoes, beauty and hair products, and homemade food.
This loan will help them to increase the amount of stock without having to buy on credit. With more stock available, they will be able to attract more customers which will increase their profits and give them more financial security.