A Binational Intervention to Poverty Reduction through Microenterprise Development PRESENTS:

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A Binational Intervention to Poverty Reduction
throughMicroenterprise Development PRESENTS

• PPEP Micro-business and Housing Development
  Corporation, Inc in collaboration with a grant
  from Border Partners in Action

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PMHDC

• Is a non-profit corporation and a community
  development financial institution in Arizona.
  The mission is to foster communities of
  opportunity through financial products, business
  services and community development programs that
  empower minorities, and low-income families,
  particularly women and youth, to build and
  sustain their quality of life.

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PMHDC New Project Plan

• Binational
• Microenterprise
• Development Project

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The Border Pact Program

• This project begins to initiate micro enterprise
  development strategies for the betterment of the
  communities of San Luis Rio Colorado, Nogales and
  Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, linking them to U.S.
  based micro enterprise programs across the border
  in Arizona.
• A series of technical and mentoring workshops
  were scheduled and conducted on the Mexican side
  of the border.

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Border Pact Grant ProgramCONAHEC

• PPEP Micro Business has accepted a 12,000 grant
  from CONAHEC
• CONAHEC is a tri-national consortium advancing
  collaboration, cooperation and community building
  among higher education institutions in North
  America.

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Coordinators

• Pima Community College
• Fundacion de Apoyo Infantil of Obregon, Sonora,
  Mexico. (FAI)
• Instituto Sonorense de la Mujer
• Charles Steward Mott Foundation of Flint,
  Michigan

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Benefits of these Binational Microenterprise
Workshops

• The workshops provided technology in how to
  establish and support micro enterprise
  development projects along the U.S./Mexican
  border communities.
• Ongoing mentoring, training and technical
  assistance activities across the border.
• Opening avenues of credit access for border
  region micro business development will provide
  opportunities for selected low-income families to
  sell their products/wares utilizing the internet.

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The Dates for Workshops were as Follows

• November 9, 2001 San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora
• November 16, 2001 Nogales, Sonora
• December 13, 2001 Agua Prieta, Sonora
• December 16, 2001 Nogales, Arizona
• December 20, 2001 San Luis, Arizona
• January 24, 2002 A meeting was held in Douglas,
  Arizona with the Border Board from Agua Prieta
  and Douglas.
• January 25, 2002 Second Binational Conference
  for the Microbusiness Border in Nogales, Sonora,
  Mexico.
• On March 23, 2002 Meeting in San Luis Rio
  Colorado, Mexico. Purpose accomplish activities
  to foster business.

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San Luis, Sonora Workshop
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Nogales, Sonora Workshop
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Objective of the Meeting

• Setting dates for future workshops are taking
  place in each community on the Mexican border.
• Planning the program of activities and location
  where they should take place
• Discussion of strategies involving stakeholders
  were invited to the border meetings.

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Grants and Loans Related to Establish an
Binational Revolving Loan Fund(BRLF)

• Mexican Federal Government Funds (micro financial
  funds thru FAI) 244,444.44
• Charles Steward Mott Foundation of Flint,
  Michigan donates 15.000.00

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Project Materials Utilized in the Border Pact
Project.

• Executive summary project flyers.
• PMHDC brochures were widely disseminated.
• FAI flyers describing the organizations
  objectives were disseminated.
• Instituto de la Mujer flyers describing the
  organizations objectives and goals.
• Newspaper articles were reproduced.

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Statistics of Participants

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  US/Mex
• Total number of students that participated in
  project 9
• Total number of individuals in an educational
  setting 16
• Total number of individuals not related to
  education 92
• Total number of projects activities and services
  39
• Total number of individuals that benefited
  444
• Total number of materials that were distributed
  476
• How many project materials were distributed
  1165
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Second Binational Conference for the
Microbusiness Border

• This binational conference is the second such
  meeting where a Binational Microbusiness Steering
  Committee convened to promote Microbusiness on
  both sides of the border. The first such meeting
  in Ciudad Obregon was convened in May of 1999.
  The purpose of this years meeting committee was
  to begin the process of organizing a non-profit
  organization to provide access to credit,
  mentoring and commercialization of the
  microbusiness borders of Sonora and Arizona. In
  addition, the legal development of the
  contemplated institution and the future planning.

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Second Binational Conferencefor Microbusinesses
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Program

• Welcome and Presentation of the Objectives
• Dr. John David Arnold
• Information and Juridical mentoring about the
  conformation of the civil association.
• -Lic. Rogelio Calderon (Juridical Mentor)
• -Diagram for Discussion.

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• Inform and Presentation of the Border Board
• -San Luis Rio Colorado-AZ
• -Nogales, Sonora-AZ
• -Agua Prieta/Douglas
• Testimony of an entrepreneur
• -Victor Valdez (E-Z Snap Ring)-Leticia Aragon
  (Bella Fashion)

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San Luis, Sonora First Border Meeting
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Victor Valdez, E-Z Snap Ring
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• Message from the Mayors of Nogales Arizona and
  Sonora.
• -Mr. Abraham Zaied Dabdoub (Nogales, Sonora)
• -Mr. Marco A. Lopez (Nogales, Arizona)
• Intervention of Special Guests
• -Dr. Maria del Carmen Diaz Amador
• (National Program General Coordinator for Trust
  to Entrepreneur)

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• -Jose Natera (General Director Mexico Trade
  Center)
• -Prof. Maria del Carmen Calles Bustamante
• (General Director of Instituto Sonorense de
  Asuntos de la Mujer).
• Search and Identification of Resources
• (Federal, State and Municipal Government,
  private communities and banks).
• International Markets
• (Customs Taxation and Market Net)

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• Agenda for the next six months
• February, the three separate boards has to be
  established
• March, the Constitution of the State has to
  established.