A Canadian charity is helping individuals with mental health struggles -- not with medication or therapy -- but by helping applicants start their own businesses.
that offers small start-up loans, business coaching, and training to people with addictions and mental disorders, an effective formula that boasts success stories like that of 34-year-old old Darcy Alemany.
Though he had a full-time job, Alemany began using his spare time to make lapel pins to help him define his gender identity. Rise, he says, helped him devise a business plan, coaching and training. A loan is there if he needs it, but sales have been rising so quickly, he likely won’t need one. Alemany estimates Pin-Ace sales may top $500,000 in 2023.
“The majority of our clients report increased self-confidence, increased ability to navigate difficult, difficult situations in their lives,” said Smith. Michelle Tasa, a Calgary mother and teacher, applied for a loan after a series of traumatic events that upended her mental health.Her husband, who had long suffered with a neurologicial disease, had recently died, and Tasa had taken a teaching job in China with her two children in tow. When COVID-19 hit, she struggled upon her return to Alberta.
a business that offers art classes and home schooling, named after how Tasa said she coped with the stress of her life “with art pouring out of me and healing,” she said.
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