Eveling now can pay for her kids school supplies
Garaduate 2023 | 3 children
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Evelying Torres, 26 years old and a mother of three, has been working since the age of 14 to support her family and now her daughter. She dropped out of school early to help by selling products and doing domestic work, but despite her efforts, she always struggled to find financial stability. Her participation in the Sweet Dreams program has given her a new opportunity to change her life.
Now, Evelying has an income that is just for her, and she is saving to pay for her daughter's education and one day have a home of her own. In her first month, she successfully got her business up and running, selling over 200 sweets. She is committed to this new venture, seeing it as a way to secure a better future for her children. Evelying dreams of expanding her business, using the skills she has gained to provide a better life for her family.
Cecilia build a business from home
Graduate 2023 | 2 children | 49 years old
What we do to change the reality against financial abuse
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A bit of our history
In 2009 we met a group of XtraOrdinary women living in La Chureca, Central America’s largest landfill site, and home to 2,000 of the nation’s poorest citizens. These women were stuck in cycles of poverty, and stuck on the mound of rubbish they called home.
We decided to create a program to train them with the skills they needed to get a job and then we connected them with local employment opportunities. We left the rest up to them.
Abandoned as a baby, Janixa grew up in an orphanage in Ciudad Sandino. She didn't finish elementary school. Age 16 she escaped to La Chureca, the community at the City dump, and began a cycle of extreme poverty. To escape this situation, she entered into a violent and controlling relationship, then, in 2017 Janixa enrolled with XtraOrdinary Women.
While on the course, she began to question her unhealthy relationship and, with the psychological support and self-esteem workshop, she managed to become independent.
Now Janixa is in stable employment with our partner, Serviplus, and is an exemplary single mother. We helped Janixa break her cycle of poverty and flip her odds.