Circles of Success!

Interweave Self Reliance Program builds on the interrelated strengths of three interrelated life priorities - business, home and community. Successful businesses bring jobs, prosperity and growth to homes and communities. Healthy communities provide an environment of security, solutions, services and a solid customer base that make it possible for businesses and families to thrive. Stable homes provide reliable labor and civic support that sustain community and business.

When the strengths of these three spheres intersect, every circle is made stronger, and all can achieve social and economic self reliance essential to grow and move forward. When businesses, communities, individuals and families work together, everyone thrives.

In a similar pattern, the community associations developed and nurtured through the Interweave Self Reliance Program achieve organizational sustainability by integrating financial capital (interest from loan repayments and community projects), social capital (trust, relationships, donated time and peer support) and knowledge (provided by Interweave materials and training). This sustainability allows programs of individual, business and community development to continue on a locally self-sufficient basis long after the outside intervention has been completed.

In a similar pattern, the community associations developed and nurtured through the Interweave Self Reliance Program achieve organizational sustainability by integrating financial capital (interest from loan repayments and community projects), social capital (trust, relationships, donated time and peer support) and knowledge (provided by Interweave materials and training). This sustainability allows programs of individual, business and community development to continue on a locally self-sufficient basis long after the outside intervention has been completed.

Self Reliance Program highlights the ways that people can succeed in each of the spheres of their lives – business, home and community. By interweaving these three circles of success, participants realize social and economic self reliance.