Danisio DeLuz is a 32 year old with a wife and a baby living on the island of Sao Vicente in the country of Cape Verde 500 miles off the coast of West Africa. He was struggling with no job and no way of providing for his family.
Although Danisio had no job opportunities in front of him he was directed to a free course that would help him start his own business with a micro loan of $1,000. While that may not seem like a lot in America it is more than enough in Africa.
The free course helped Danisio focus on the skills he already had. In his previous work experience Danisio expressed a skill he had in making fiberglass. It was something he already knew how to do and loved doing it. The course helped him understand how to incorporate his already known skills into his own business. They also helped him see that while there were already companies on his island that made fiberglass he could create his new business in fiberglass boat repairs, which his island sorely needed.
After completing five week coarse Danisio created his small business called "Fibribot Conserti" right off the harbor with the money from his micro loan. Within one year he had paid back the micro loan and within two years he became one of the biggest boat repair shops in the country.
Danisio is just one of the examples of how the right kind of humanitarian aid can go a long way.
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