Juan Domingo Jiménez Rivera

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: Open a shoe repair business of his own.

Amount requested: $2300.00

Raised so far: $2300.00

Amount still needed: $0

Juan Domingo Jiménez Rivera lives in Pantasma, Nicaragua, a big coffee producing city. In October of 1986 was going to Jinotega when he stepped on a landmine in front of the Health Center. He was 10 years old. Juan lost one of his legs and still has shrapnel throughout his body. He needs a prosthetic and crutches to get around. Despite being hurt at such a young age Juan has never accepted pity for his disability. He works hard in a shoe shop as an apprentice to the head crafter. Juan has a natural ability in the workshop. He would like a grant so that he can open his own business to make and repair shoes.

Location: Pantasma, Nicaragua
In country partner: Walking Unidos
Grant ID: 218N
Profile ID: 13

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People Affected

We've created this website to be a place where people who work in the coffee industry and coffee consumers can make a connection with the coffee farmers, workers and their families who deal with landmines on a daily basis.

Look through the profiles here and direct your money to be part of a Micro-Grant to someone trying to work, create a business or improve an existing one, or send someone in their family to school. Micro-Grants do not have to be repaid. They are one way the Trust can provide resources for people to help themselves.

Micro-Grants are handled via PayPal through the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development.

The Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust works in partnership with the Polus Center, a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting people with disabilities since 1979.