PEACE and Se Mas Microfinanzas, have partnered with Investours, an incredible non-profit that offers socially responsible community tours. During an investor, tourists meet local entrepreneurs and listen to their business ideas. At the end of the tour, tourists decide which entrepreneur will receive an interest free micro-loan. 100% of the tour group's fees go to this entrepreneur. This micro-loan improves the lives of the entrepreneur and fellow community members. Last week a tour group from Bucerias helped to fund a zero-interest loan for Carmela, a small restaurant owner from Sayulita, to buy a sink to be able to better clean her food and wash the dishes. Carmela also plans to use the loan to make aesthetic improvements to her kitchen in order to attract more customers.
Tours run on Thursdays from 1-5 and leave from the PEACE casa campesina in Punta de Mita.
What a fascinating way to give back!
www.investours.org
www.peacemexico.org
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