A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out


Mentors International is a non-profit microfinance organization that provides business training, mentoring, and finance services to struggling entrepreneurs in developing nations using the principle, "A hand up, not a hand-out." Since 1990, Mentors has helped more than 1.6 million individuals rise out of poverty.














Mentors Gives Client Anchor that Allows Her to Succeed

Abegail Dacuyun and her husband opened a convenience store with the small separation pay her husband received when resigning from his factory position. With plenty of business ideas in mind, Abegail understood the need for more capital but did not know where to get it. Abegail
The local banks require collateral and the interest rates of the loan sharks were too high to ever pay off. It was only when Abegail learned of Mentors, offering financial and mentoring resources, that the dream of self reliance developed into a reality. Read on to learn how Dacuyun is blessing her family's life with her new-found confidence and success... >>