Entrepreneurship training for precarious women

Dear Difteurs,
For several months now, Impulso volunteers have been accompanying Patricia, a courageous mother who is raising her three children on her own while running a small tienda (neighborhood business) and a made-to-order pastry shop.

Step by step, Patricia strengthened her essential skills to develop her business: learning accounting, organizing her finances, inventorying her store, but also digital communication with the creation and animation of her Facebook page. Volunteers worked with her on setting her prices, managing fixed and variable costs, and setting up simple tools like an accounting binder to track her income and expenses.

Beyond the technical support, a real relationship of trust was created. Together, they shared moments in life - cooking workshops, mango harvesting, family discussions - which helped anchor this support in Patricia's daily life.

Today, despite the difficulties associated with credit payments and the low profitability of her store, Patricia is moving forward with greater confidence and structure. Her goal: to make her patisserie business more profitable and sustainable to ensure a stable future for her children.

Thanks to your support, Patricia is no longer alone in the face of her challenges: she is building, session by session, the foundations of a solid project.

Dear difteur-ses,

To bring these six months of mission to a close, we wanted to say a fitting goodbye to the extraordinary women we've been lucky enough to accompany.

We organized a small party, a simple and warm moment to celebrate the road we've traveled together. Over a few sweet treats, we laughed, cried and exchanged memories. We presented each of them with a photo and a personal note, to convey our gratitude and admiration.

What we hadn't anticipated was that they would speak in turn. One after the other, they shared what these months had represented:the concrete tools to move forward in their projects of course, but above all, the human links.

In their words, what came back most was not the communication or the action plans, but our presence. They thanked us for being there, really there - like friends, confidants, shoulders to lean on. Some said they had regained their confidence, others simply felt recognized and supported.

These testimonials overwhelmed us. We sometimes doubted, afraid of not doing enough... But that day, we understood that the essential was there: in the sincerity, in the relationship, in that spark that each of us now carries within.

This moment will remain engraved in our hearts. A farewell, yes... but above all a celebration of what we experienced, together.

Anne and Mélissa, 2025 volunteers