What do cutting wood and church planting have in common? Apparently, more than I even dreamed. We work with the Mapuche people in Southern Chile. Many of them live in the rural areas off muddy roads that wind through the mountainous countryside. They are a people group that has been marginalized by society. Their land…
See how entrepreneurs and interns (short and long-term) can make an impact in Business As Mission.
In the late 1990s one of United World Mission’s partner ministries came alongside a group of 12 women in rural Costa Rica to help them start a micro-business: the Association of Women in Biolley (ASOMOBI). Most of these women grew coffee on their small, family farms, and they wanted to create one central location to…
For over eighty years the NGO Roblealto has served children-at-risk in San Jose, Costa Rica. Its business segment operates a profitable business-as-mission model called La Granja (The Farm). La Granja combines creative entrepreneurial practices with a missions focus to build profitable businesses which provide resources for marginalized families. Last year they contributed $400,000 from business…
Watch this amazing story of Granja Roblealto, and how it supports the Roblealto Child Care Association and other ministries that make up this unique Costa Rican business-charity partnership.