Codespa America

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Economically empowering families living in extreme poverty by providing access to knowledge, markets, and financial services.

CODESPA sees a world where every individual living in extreme poverty has an opportunity to unlock their highest potential and become self-reliant through access to dignified and sustainable work. We are on a mission to contribute to raising 10 million more people from poverty to prosperity in the most underserved regions of Latin America, Africa, and Asia through our community-led, scalable approach to rural market development and empowering entrepreneurs by providing them access to knowledge, markets, and financial services.

10/02/2026

When a local business succeeds, its value doesn’t stop at the front door.The business buys locally. Producers have a reliable customer. Families have more ways to earn an income. And more of what is created in a community can stay there and keep working there.

That’s why CODESPA invests in local enterprise. We help entrepreneurs strengthen the businesses they’ve already started, connect with larger markets, and build something that can contribute to the local economy for years to come.A stronger business can help build as tronger local economy.

Your gift helps local entrepreneurs take that next step. Support CODESPA today — link in bio.

09/30/2026

With the right tools, financing, and access to markets, a livelihood can grow into a business — and a business can create livelihoods for others. 🌱

That's the story we've shared with you this September: entrepreneurs across Peru's Andes and Amazon turning hard work into lasting opportunity, not just for themselves, but for their families and communities.

That cycle doesn't stop here — and with your support, it doesn't have to. 💛

👉 Support CODESPA today and help entrepreneurs build businesses that create lasting livelihoods for themselves, their families, and others in their communities. Link in bio.

09/28/2026

An entrepreneur starts with the hope of building something of their own.
With the right support, that hope can grow.

A stronger business can create a job.
That job can strengthen a family.
That family can invest in its future.
And a community becomes stronger along the way.

From entrepreneur to employer.
From one livelihood to many.
That's the multiplying power of work—and your support can help it continue.
Join us in creating lasting livelihoods through the link in our bio. 💚

09/25/2026

Dehydrated banana chips. Banana biofiber. Andean corn. Community-based tourism. Behind every product is a story of resilience — and a business built to last. 🍌🌽

With CODESPA entrepreneurs across Quispicanchi and Condorcanqui are strengthening rural enterprises and finding new ways to bring their products to markets far beyond their communities.
Small business. Big dreams. Bigger impact. ✨

💛 Support the entrepreneurs behind these products — give today through the link in our bio.

09/23/2026

Business growth isn't only about selling more.
In rural communities, a successful local enterprise can create a chain reaction.

It can purchase from neighboring farmers.
Hire someone looking for work.
Bring new income into a family.
Reach customers outside the community.
And inspire another person to start something of their own.

This is why entrepreneurship can become such a powerful tool against poverty.
Help us keep that chain reaction moving. Support CODESPA through the link in our bio.

09/21/2026

Cenaida Tusig Mariaku is an Awajún entrepreneur from the Peruvian Amazon — and one of the many people rewriting what's possible for their business and their community. 🌿

"Before, we didn't have access to credit or training," she shares. "Now, in addition to learning how to manage our business better, we can think about growing — about selling beyond our community."

That shift — from surviving to imagining growth — is exactly what our work makes possible. ✨

💛 Help more entrepreneurs like Cenaida reach further. Support CODESPA today — link in bio.

09/18/2026

What does the multiplying power of work look like?
650 direct jobs.
More than 1,500 people improving their incomes.
More than 1,500 small producers accessing financial and business support.
And participating businesses increasing productivity by 30%.

But the real story is bigger than the numbers.
It is a parent with more stability. A producer finding a new buyer. An entrepreneur hiring their first employee. A community discovering new possibilities.
And there is still much more we can build together.

Support CODESPA and help opportunity reach further through the link in our bio.

09/16/2026

Knowing how to make something is only the first step. Turning that skill into a thriving business takes so much more. 💪

Through CODESPA, entrepreneurs in Peru are learning to manage their businesses, access financing built for rural enterprises, develop stronger products, and build relationships with buyers beyond their own communities.
It's not just about production — it's about possibility. ✨

💛 Your gift helps entrepreneurs go from skill to strategy, and from strategy to growth. Support them today — link in bio.

09/14/2026

In some of the most remote corners of Peru — high in the Andes of Quispicanchi, deep in the Amazon of Condorcanqui — jobs are hard to find, and access to financing is even harder. 🏔️

But these communities hold something you can't teach: skill, local knowledge, ideas, and the determination to build something of their own.
Since 2020, CODESPA has walked alongside these communities — not to hand them a solution, but to help them build one. 🌱

💛 Help us reach more communities like these. Give today through the link in our bio.

09/11/2026

In the most remote communities of Peru, opportunity can be difficult to access.
Talent is not.

People already have skills, ideas, local knowledge, and the determination to build something of their own. What is often missing are the connections that help those ideas grow: financing, business knowledge, customers, and access to larger markets.
CODESPA helps bridge that gap.
When potential meets opportunity, a livelihood can become something much bigger.

Support people building their own path forward through the link in our bio.

Address

1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Unit 66235
Washington D.C., DC
20004

Website

https://us.codespa.org/

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