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Facts on the Dominican Republic

• The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispanoila with the country of Haiti. Its troubled past of war and dictatorship coupled with corruption has left its people struggling to survive.

• Today the main industry is tourism, which is dependent upon healthy economies to sustain itself.

• The World Bank statistics show that 42 out of 100 Dominicans live in poverty and 16 out of 100 live in extreme poverty which is defined as being an income to low to afford the food basket of minimum caloric intake.

• According to the National Report on the Millennium Development Goals, Householdswith chronic malnutrition spend 82% of their income on food purchases

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We aim to directly support Two of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and Targets

Goal 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Target 1. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day

Target 2. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

• With improved income our borrowers will be able to feed their families on a regular and sustained basis while increasing nutrition which will have indirect positive impact on Millennium Goals 4 and 5 related to child mortality and maternal health.

Goal 3. Promote gender equality and empower women Target 4. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.

• By working primarily with female borrowers we are empowering the women to be in control of their future by giving them the tools to become financially independent and encouraging women to support each other and pass down the importance of education and gender equality to their children.