MicroAid – a little practical help for poor families. MicroAid is an international charity that helps empower groups of poor families through livelihood skills training, micro grants & business connections What makes MicroAid special? MicroAid’s motto is: teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. MicroAid Projects helps poor people learn new skills that will create income for them and their family. Practical direct help MicroAid promotes self-help with short small educational projects that lead to independent home businesses, MicroAid avoids distorting the market by not giving capital goods (no free cows on us) We use very local Community Facilitation Partners who have been in place for years; so we ensure that only truly poor people can access MicroAid support, designed as so small it is only of interest to poor families MicroAid is a “bottom up” charity; we only do what local people ask Using information technology We can reach via the internet into the remotest communities in the world yet still keep track of progress. We also make things pretty cool for donors: We provide you personalized direct feedback as videos, photos and comments from your chosen micro-project, so you can see what happened with your money; MicroAid lets you choose your own projects so you can follow a specific village or family out of poverty; try doing this in your own family, classroom or friendship group