Empower Women with the Microfinance Management Training Manual

The Microfinance Management Training Manual is a powerful resource designed to promote the economic and social empowerment of women entrepreneurs. Aimed at those with limited access to traditional bank loans, this manual equips women with essential skills to manage microcredit resources and build successful businesses. Whether working individually, with family, or within an association, women will find the participatory and practical approach of the manual invaluable—even for those with minimal formal education.

Key Objectives of the Learning Loan Manual:

  • Foster access to microcredit within a framework of solidarity economy.

  • Inspire the entrepreneurial spirit by providing fundamental knowledge for starting and growing a business.

  • Introduce basic principles of costing and pricing to ensure sustainable business practices.

  • Enhance the financial and managerial skills of women entrepreneurs, boosting the success of their enterprises and improving the welfare of their families and communities.

This manual is more than a guide—it’s a pathway to empowerment, enabling women to gain confidence, financial independence, and a brighter future.Thank you for purchasing the "Learning Loan Microfinance Manual." By doing so, you are directly supporting a movement that empowers women coffee producers worldwide. This manual represents the dedication of many individuals who believe in the power of microfinance to transform lives—women like those who, in 2003, expressed their dreams of working with dignity and creating better lives for their families.

Inspired by stories from women coffee producers across 25 countries and guided by the belief that women are a worthy investment, the Learning Loan project was born. Thanks to the efforts of Karen Cebreros, Roberta Lauretti-Bernhard, and the many dedicated contributors to this manual, the Learning Loan program now operates successfully in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Colombia—with a remarkable 100% payback rate.

We are proud to offer you this resource, knowing that it will help extend the impact of microfinance to even more women in coffee. Together, we are not just providing a handout, but a hand up.

 

Check your email after you purchase the manual.

You will receive an email from no-reply@givebutter.com.

The email subject line will be: ”Your receipt from IWCA | International Women's Coffee Alliance.”

This email will contain the link that will allow you to access and download the PDF manual.

Women in Coffee Entrepreneurs Microfinance Fund

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GTM’s “Women in Coffee Entrepreneurs Microfinance Fund” provides funds to establish microfinance for small scale coffee women entrepreneurs in production countries like Guatemala, Ethiopia, El Salvador, etc. Using a copyrighted “Learning Loan Microfinance Manual” the fund supports training in business literacy and teaches women who may have never had a loan in their name secure and manage a loan. 

With initial support from a few individuals and businesses, we are aiming to reach our goal of $250,000 by January 2025. Partnering with the “International Women in Coffee Alliance” (IWCA), GTM will provide the funds to IWCA Chapters to set up and manage a revolving microfinance loan. Coffee is important to these communities for many reasons. It provides livelihoods as well as establishing agroforest systems that release atmospheric O2, sink carbon, and provide wildlife habitat.