Kevin Moforte- Umass Social Entrepreneurship Day 2015

Ourmission:Toempowerfamiliestorisefrompoverty

throughsocialbusiness

STARTUP1: A soap factory in Las Malvinas, Santo Domingo, D. R.

450+families

LasMalvinas,SantoDomingo

So,whyisLasMalvinaspoor?

Lessthan20% ofadultscompletedhighschool

+35%unemployment

55%ofdropoutsdid sotofindwork

LasMalvinas,SantoDomingo

Canbusinesshelpsolvetheseproblems?

Whatwehavedoneinthepast

Whatwehavedoneinthepast

Whatwehavedoneinthepast

Weareready

Raiseagenerationof(Christian)socialentrepreneurs

Startbusinessesthatempowerpoorfamiliesandcommunities

OurGoals

Allnatural– Handmade- Dominican

Customers

Whysoap?

Next Steps:Funding andgrowing

1. Finishfactory,startproductionfortouristseason(December2015)

2. Finddistributionchannels,newclients3. LaunchUpwardVenturesinDR(Jan.2016)4. EstablishEsperanzaSoapsinUS

THANKS!

[email protected]

4136584885

[email protected]

4133748261

www.upward-ventures.orgwww.esperanza-soaps.com