Help Adolescent Girls (15-24) Develop Businesses

Summary

TechnoServe, with support from the Nike Foundation, is empowering young women to transform their lives by equipping them with skills and support they need to transform ideas into successful businesses

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Adolescent girls and young women in Kenya face severe obstacles when seeking employment, struggling to overcome entrenched social and economic gender inequality. They are vulnerable to teen marriage and pregnancy, HIV infection and violence. Without clear opportunities for income generation, their families see little worth in supporting their education. TechnoServe and the Nike Foundation believe that these young women have great potential; they just need the right tools and enabling environment

Activities

YWE helps young women develop entrepreneurship skills and generate new income-earning opportunities by providing training in business and life skills, networking opportunities, access to mentors, and by hosting a mini-business plan competition.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,690
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $96,310
Total Funding Goal: $100,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Investing in young women enables them to chart their own course and determine their own future. Building a culture of entrepreneurship and creating supportive community networks has the power to transform entire communities.

Project Message

“I joined this club so that I may learn more about business and how I can run my own business someday.”
- Evelynne Sisso Oluum, Young Women in Enterprise trainee

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jessica Joye,
Marketing Communications Coordinator
1800 M Street NW
Suite 1066, South Tower
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-719-1327
Email:

Project Sponsor

TechnoServe

Organization

TechnoServe
1800 M St NW
Suite 1066 S Tower
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-785-4515
http://www.technoserve.org

Learn more about TechnoServe and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 19, 2008.

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