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Our organization Instituto Dom which supports low income entrepreneurs and environmentally sustainable projects is on its own path to sustainable and high growth! In July we will begin 2 new projects totalling more than 250.000 brazilian reais which will support a total of 130 women entrepreneurs. More than that, we are awaiting responses of large grant opportunities for which we submitted very competitive projects which will bring our non-profit to new levels and will allow us to fully professionalize and grow our organization! One of these projects is by brazilian multinational oil and gas company Petrobras which involves sustainable entrepreneurial support to more than 400 low income men and women from fishing towns along the Costa Verde coastline in Rio de Janeiro.  It is by way of supporters like yourself which allow us to continue on with our work which will eventually lead us to multimillion dollar projects allowing us to support hundreds of low income disenfranchised women entrepreneurs in Brazil. Once again we thank you for your support and donations!

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Nossa organização Instituto Dom, que apoia empreendedores de baixa renda e projetos ambientalmente sustentáveis, está no seu próprio caminho para um crescimento acelerado e sustentável! Em julho iniciaremos 2 novos projetos totalizando mais de 250.000 reais que apoiarão um total de 130 mulheres empreendedoras. Mais do que isso, estamos aguardando respostas de grandes oportunidades de financiamento para as quais submetemos projetos muito competitivos que levarão a nossa organização sem fins lucrativos a novos níveis e nos permitirão profissionalizar totalmente a organização e fazer crescer a nossa OSC! Um desses projetos é da multinacional brasileira de petróleo e gás Petrobras, que envolve apoio empresarial sustentável para mais de 400 homens e mulheres de baixa renda de cidades pesqueiras ao longo da costa da Costa Verde do Rio de Janeiro.

É por meio de apoiadores como você que nos permite continuar com nosso trabalho que eventualmente nos levará a projetos multimilionários, permitindo-nos apoiar centenas de mulheres empreendedoras de baixa renda e desprivilegiadas no Brasil. Mais uma vez agradecemos seu apoio e doações!

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Our programs and projects focusing on disenfranchised low income entrepreneurs continues on in 2024 and we continue to focus our attention on women entrepreneurs. We concluded one more project last December which supported 120 young women entrepreneurs from 3 communities in Rio de Janeiro. The social impact and results were suprising as 53% of the 30 entrepreneurs from phase 2 had increase in income or were able to generate a new income, upon project completion. Additionally, 67% of the same group of entrepreneurs now maintain different accounts for their personal finances, separated from the business finances. This number was 10% before our project´s interventions. Finally, 76% of the entrepreneurs now register their financial numbers, whereas before the project this number was at 46%. These results were very satisfying and they renew our hope that we can definitely generate positive social impact in the lives of these low income entrepreneurs. However, your continued support is always important and we continue counting on you. Thank you for your support!