Economic development

Mission Emanuel / Economic development

The Sustainable Economic Development Program (SED) has the intention of serving the poor in Santo Domingo Oeste while expanding Mission Emanuel ‘s broad ministry. Its mission is to convey the love of Jesus Christ in tangible ways by stimulating economic vitality and long term poverty relief in Bayona and beyond.

This work is done while:

Promoting self-reliance and sustainability
Maintaining ethical uprightness and mitigating risk
Protecting the interests of indigenous businesses, as to avoid negative spill-over effects
Consolidating partnerships with like-minded institutions
Fostering conditions conducive to local innovation and sustainability

Some of its projects and initiatives include:

Financial literacy courses
Personalized financial counseling
Entrepreneurial training
Access to markets projects
Access to capital projects
Savings initiatives
Business development projects

About the workshops

Mission Emanuel provides training workshops through its Sustainable Economic Development Program to foster the economic development of the community of Cielo in Bayona and other surrounding communities. Workshops are held in the categories of finance and business.

Application deadline

This application form must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the course start date.

The application must be deposited at mission Emanuel’s main office or sent to rosa@missionemanuel.org.

Course calendar

The specific days and times vary according to the course to be taken and the season of the year. The details will be confirmed in a separate document.

Cost

The program does not charge participants for teaching. For some courses, it may be necessary for the student to have or acquire some support material or tool. Details are specified in the information flier for each course.

Formulario de aplicación

The Creative Ladies is a group of beautiful women in the Cielo and Nazaret communities of Santo Domingo Oeste, Dominican Republic.

Primarily, our hope is that our makers would be transformed by the love and truth of Jesus Christ. They have been meeting together since 2008, attending bible studies, learning jewelry-making and other skilled crafts, and serving their larger communities.

Most of the women do not have regular jobs and struggle daily to make ends meet. Our goal is that the program would provide a path out of poverty by supporting a dignified income for our artisans. We desire to equip and empower them through skills training, financial literacy, and business development.

You can learn more, as well as shop our handmade products, by visiting www.cielocooperative.org