From Poverty to Self-Sufficiency: Enterprises

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From Poverty to Self-Sufficiency: Enterprises

	Summary Create 6 small enterprises run by 120 poor Colombian women from an ethnic minority. Provided with a micro credit loan, connected with the business sector & supported by shared business services.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Afro-Colombian women living in Aguablanca, the poorest and most excluded area of Cali, are heavily affected by unemployment (28%). Mostly impoverished single mothers, they are unemployed and discriminated against for their ethnic background. We aim to incubate small solitary enterprises from the business ideas of these women, and to transfer business knowledge and contacts from the formal business sector through coaching and support to these enterprises.

Activities

To create a network of Solidary Popular Enterprises & to introduce them to the formal business sector as strategic partners, and to provide SPEs with administrative, financial & technological aid through a Shared Services Unit.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

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

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.ashoka.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

1. 120 women will have created their own work and income in a formalized network of six small Solidary Popular Enterprises (SPEs) 2. A formal process of making the SPEs an integral part of the formal business sector 3. An established Shared Business

Project Message

As a business entrepreneur, I decided to put my skills to the service of the poorest and most unemployed communities of Colombia, by helping them create their own competitive enterprises.
- Francisco Duque, Executive Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Francisco Duque,
Executive Director, Colombia en Marcha Foundation
Carrera 100 No.11 - 90 Oficina 605
Torre Valle del Lili Trade Center
Cali, Valle del Cauca 0000
Colombia
+57 2 3321962
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Colombia en Marcha Foundation (CMF)
Calle 18 No. 122 -350
Plaza Pance Local 13
Cali,
Colombia
(57)(3)315-552 07 65
mailto:colombiaenmarcha@telesat.com.co

Learn more about Colombia en Marcha Foundation (CMF) and the project team.