MENNONITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES GIFT SOLUTIONS 2016 11 gifts you can give that can change the world! Details inside! You can help lift communities out of poverty, one business at a time.
Dear Friend, During this season of giving, I am reminded of the grace that is bestowed upon both the gift giver and the gift recipient. Your joyful gift can be transformative, for both you and a family in another part of the world, letting them know that others care deeply about them. Help bring lasting change and dignity to thousands of families around the world. For over 60 years, MEDA has been sharing God s love through economic empowerment. We serve the working poor around the world, bringing dignity and joy by helping them grow sustainable, locally owned small businesses that are not dependent on charity for survival. Through innovative international development, MEDA provides a future for families and whole communities, working to enrich, encourage and assist individuals and their families in improving their standard of living. For over 60 years, MEDA has been sharing God's love through economic empowerment. In just the past year, generous supporters to MEDA have helped to bring new hope to more than 46 million families living in poverty in 62 developing countries around the world through our work with 246 partners. This year, I hope you will join us in bringing lasting change and dignity to thousands of families. By unleashing entrepreneurship, you can help lift communities out of poverty, one business at a time. Help farmers in Nicaragua out of poverty with new tools Respect. Empowerment. Lasting Change. Allan Sauder MEDA President Creating business solutions to poverty
Give online at www.giftsolutions.org Provide tools and training to Ukraine farmers Support Women and Youth in the Jordan Valley Empower women farmers and revitalize tree crops in Ghana Fight poverty, help entrepreneurs grow in Kenya Empower Ethiopian Women Empower women producers in Myanmar (Burma) Create prosperity for small entrepreneurs in Tanzania Have a look at 11 of the many ways you can help bring lasting change to families in developing countries.
$92 Revitalize tree crops in Ghana Help 100,000+ tree farmers in Ghana by providing better access to high-yield seedlings so they can reinvigorate their cocoa, cashew, rubber and shea tree farms. Farmers will enhance productivity and profitability and gain access to finance, pumping new life into a key export industry. Your gift of $92 means 10 farmers in Ghana will be able to buy better seedlings, gain new expertise, and access financial services to successfully grow their tree crops and their incomes. $455 Create prosperity for small entrepreneurs in Tanzania MEDA is helping to strengthen 250 small businesses in Tanzania the engines of economic growth so they, in turn, can help their networks of 10,000 small entrepreneurs improve their production and their incomes over the next six years. Your gift of $455 means thousands of small businesses will gain access to innovative tools and opportunities to build a more reliable and consistent supply of goods and services, and create jobs. Can t decide? Give all 11 gifts to share your joy - $1,965! Or give to Where Needed Most : You just decide on the amount.
$58 New! Help farmers in Nicaragua out of poverty with new tools MEDA is improving the livelihoods of families in poor rural areas of northern Nicaragua through better access to certified seeds, irrigation, product storage, food processing technologies and financial services. Farmers will increase their productivity, earn more, become more environmentally sustainable and integrated into export markets. Your gift of $58 will help a farmer in Nicaragua acquire skills, information and access to financing for equipment to help their business flourish. With your help, farmers can implement green technologies, tap export markets, and build a better future. Over 60 Years of Global Innovation In 1953, MEDA s founders were inspired to share of themselves to help people struggling in poverty in Paraguay. They believed that every person has the right to an opportunity to earn a livelihood. Today, we continue in their footsteps. And we invite you to share the gift of grace by reaching out to your neighbors in developing countries around the world. Each gift is multiplied in impact up to seven times through funding from government and organizational donors. You can choose to direct your gift to a particular project outlined here, or simply leave it to MEDA to allocate it where needed most. www.giftsolutions.org
$305 $160 Fight poverty, help entrepreneurs grow in Kenya Help create jobs, develop successful businesses and improve food security in Kenya s farming, building and extractives (oil, gas, minerals) industries. Small and medium-sized business owners will learn new skills, access modern equipment and form alliances to better compete in more profitable markets. Your gift of $305 means a family living in poverty will earn a share of Kenya s growing prosperity and achieve their own economic destiny. Help bring out the best in people! Empower women farmers in Ghana MEDA s GROW (Greater Rural Opportunities for Women) project in Ghana is improving food security by helping women grow more nutritious food, adopt simple irrigation systems to increase their yields, and explore new ways to make money, such as tending livestock and poultry. With your donation of $160, a woman and her family in Ghana will learn better farming techniques, enjoy greater food security, a better variety of nutritious food, and gain awareness of the benefits of a safe and nutritious diet. Can t decide? Give all 11 gifts to share your joy - $1,965! Or give to Where Needed Most : You just decide on the amount.
$120 $155 New! Support Women and Youth in the Jordan Valley You can help mobilize 25,000 women and youth in their communities as entrepreneurs and key actors in Jordan s economic growth. MEDA s Jordan Valley Links project provides new opportunities in the tourism, clean technology and food processing sectors for women and youth, enabling them to build their businesses and connect to higher-value markets to increase their incomes. Help the dreams of women and youth become a reality! Your gift of $120 will help them discover their full potential as leaders in their communities. Provide tools and training to Ukraine farmers You can give 1 of 30,000 hard-working men and women the tools, training and opportunity they need through MEDA s Ukraine Horticulture Business Development Project (UHBDP), which will increase the growth of small and medium-sized businesses, particularly those led by women. Help a farmer in Ukraine create a sustainable small-scale operation through access to financial services to invest in their growing business, and training on better agricultural practices from local agricultural training institutes. Your gift is multiplied in impact up to seven times through funding from government and organizational donors.
New! Empower Ethiopian Women $195 MEDA is helping women and men in the gemstone, rice and vegetable sectors earn more by improving the quality and quantity of their products. When people have the opportunity to earn an income and participate in business, they can provide a better future for their families and garner respect in their communities as innovative leaders. Your gift of $195 means that one woman can experience new hope and dignity and contribute to Ethiopia s economic growth. Can t decide? It s easy! Give to Where Needed Most Your gift to Where Needed Most gives MEDA the flexibility to allocate your donation either to current projects, arising needs or research and development that allows us to create innovative approaches to eradicating poverty around the world. You just decide on the amount! Or give all 11 meaningful gifts of hope and dignity $1,965! Your gift is multiplied in impact up to seven times through funding from government and organizational donors. www.giftsolutions.org
Empower women producers in Myanmar (Burma) Change is happening in Myanmar and its economy is undergoing rapid transformation. Help women producers in two eastern regions seize new opportunities with improved rice and vegetable yields, stronger business and leadership skills, and improved incomes through better access to finance, technology and markets. Your gift of $100 will help empower one woman to gain skills to become a more active leader in farming, and improve her productivity and access to markets in Myanmar s new economy. $100 Respect. Empowerment. Lasting Change.
Invest in small enterprises around the globe Sarona $250 Through MEDA s Sarona Risk Capital Fund, entrepreneurs around the world get support for their small businesses. When you donate to Sarona, your gift continues to give as funds are repaid and reinvested in new opportunities ensuring that your contribution to alleviating poverty continues for future generations. By sharing your donation of $250, you can provide much-needed funding to 250 entrepreneurs for promising initiatives that will create jobs markets for farmers loans for micro-enterprises housing for poor families better food security health services education clean energy and much, much more. INFRONT Flourishing small businesses are critical to building local economies, creating jobs and reducing poverty in developing countries. MEDA s partnership for sustainable impact investing in frontier markets, INFRONT, will bring better access to products and services that people need through its work with small and medium enterprises. With your gift of $75, MEDA will invest in small businesses in developing countries helping small entrepreneurs improve their businesses, create new employment opportunities and ensure goods and services are more readily available in their local communities. $75 Can t decide? Give all 11 gifts to share your joy - $1,965! Or give to Where Needed Most : You just decide on the amount.
In 2015, more than 190 world leaders committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help us all end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice. By partnering with MEDA, you can support the nine SDGs shown here and help our world become more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable. Learn more about this endeavor at sustainabledevelopment.un.org Shop today! You can order a gift online at www.giftsolutions.com Call us! 1-800-665-7026 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm EST). We would love to talk to you! Give by mail Use the inserted envelope, and mail your gift to: In the USA: MEDA, 1891 Santa Barbara Dr. Ste. 201, Lancaster, PA 17601-4106 In Canada: MEDA, 155 Frobisher Drive, Suite I-106, Waterloo, ON N2V 2E1 Get a gift card To send a card to the recipient of your gift, go to www.giftsolutions.org Order by Dec 5 to ensure your cards are delivered in time for Christmas! For more about MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates), go to www.meda.org or email us at donations@meda.org If money raised exceeds what is required, funds will be allocated where need is greatest to support another similar project for the benefit of, for instance, women s economic empowerment, youth, agriculture or financial services. EIN 23-7398678 Charitable Registration No. 107 691 057 RR001 Over 60 years of global innovation
MENNONITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES But since you excel in everything in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you see that you also excel in this grace of giving. - 2 Corinthians 8:7 Printed in Canada www.giftsolutions.org
Name Address City Province / State Email GIFT SOLUTIONS Postal/Zip Code o Check here if you do NOT want to receive any further communications from MEDA I would like to pay by: o Check (payable to MEDA) o Visa o MasterCard o Amex Yes, I would like to give to: Item Qty Subtotal Ghana: Revitalize tree crops @ $92 = Tanzania: Create prosperity for small entrepreneurs @ $455 = Nicaragua: Help farmers out of poverty with new tools @ $58 = Kenya: Fight poverty, help entrepreneurs grow @ $305 = Ghana: Empower women farmers @ $160 = Jordan Valley: Support Women and Youth @ $120 = Card No. Expiration date / / / Ukraine: Provide tools and training to farmers @ $155 = Ethiopia: Empower Ethiopian Women @ $195 = Cardholder Name Signature FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Batch No. *Remember to select your gifts on the reverse side of this form! Myanmar (Burma): Empower women producers @ $100 = Sarona: Invest in small enterprises @ $250 = INFRONT: Invest in small enterprises @ $75 = Can t Decide? Give all 11 @ $1965 = Where needed most $ In Canada, address your envelope to: 155 Frobisher Drive, Suite I-106, Waterloo, ON N2V 2E1 In USA, address your envelope to: 1891 Santa Barbara Dr., Suite 201, Lancaster, PA 17601-4106 Total gift amount: $ Visit www.giftsolutions.org to order online! Thank you for your generosity! ACQ2016