Jose Guadalupe Ponce Ponce

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: Enlarge his lottery business

Amount requested: $370.00

Raised so far: $0.00

Amount still needed: $370

Jose Guadalupe Ponce Ponce stepped on a landmine and lost his right leg when he was only 9 years old. He was picking coffee with his father in El Paraiso, Honduras when the accident happened. His father had to carry his son to the nearest hospital. Now Jose works for the Loteria Menor de Honduras and is saving money in order to finish high school and eventually go to college. He would like a small grant in order to expand his business and increase sales.

Location:  El Paraiso, Honduras
In country partner: Vida Nueva (Choluteca, Honduras)
Grant ID: 112H
Profile ID: 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We've created this website to be a place where people who work in the coffee industry and coffee consumers can make a connection with the coffee farmers, workers and their families who deal with landmines on a daily basis.

 

Look through the profiles here and direct your money to be part of a Micro-Grant to someone trying to work, create a business or improve an existing one, or send someone in their family to school. Micro-Grants do not have to be repaid. They are one way the Trust can provide resources for people to help themselves.

 

Micro-Grants are handled via PayPal through the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development.

 

The Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust works in partnership with the Polus Center, a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting people with disabilities since 1979.

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