Empower 10,000 Students to Launch Social Business
Summary
Young people making a living by making a difference. umake100 connects young people with great business ideas to mentoring, hands-on learning experiences and seed funding for social businesses.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $3,056 was raised for this project. |
Received $3,056 from 36 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
umake100 is a School Ventures initiative, to leverage the innovation of young people. We’re taking social business into our partner schools in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the US. We’re working with mentors, linking students to seed funding and social business “incubation” centers so the students can build local economies and experience hands-on learning. They’re transforming their own lives and communities today, and Oyakae is harnessing their potential to succeed as adults tomorrow.
Activities
The project will serve 10,000 students in Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the US by having one innovation coordinator in each country facilitate building social business "incubator" centers and mobilizing youth with great business ideas.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,056
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $3,056 . The original project funding goal was $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
Equipping 10,000 students with social business skills and real experience is just the beginning. These students will invigorate local economies while also spreading anti-poverty solutions. Social business in schools will redefine education.
Project Message
We need a new type of business that pursues goals rather than making personal profit - a business that is totally dedicated to solving social and environmental problems.
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize-winner
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Mubuso Zamchiya
Founder
277 South Washington Street
Suite 210
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
United States
(1) 703 535 3258
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
School Ventures
277 South Washington Street Suite 210
Alexandria,
VA
22314
United States
(1) 703 535 3257
www.schoolventures.com
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 5, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
School Ventures Releases Video Highlighting Student-Led Social Business Project
By Mubuso Zamchiya - CEO / Founder, April 27, 2009 11:16 AM
In addition to their ongoing soap, shampoo and bead making projects, Rosebella students used money raised from the School Ventures umake100 campaign to fund the "Learning Lights" pilot project. With the help of School Ventures, elementary students at Rosebella responded to the lack of reliable electricity or lighting sources by starting a social business to sell affordable solar-powered lamps into the community. They used their proceeds to pay school fees for orphans and extremely poor children.
Rosebella Prepatory Center is one of many affordable private schools that serve over 8,000 children in the low income, urban communities around Nairobi, Kenya. School Ventures is working with these schools to support businesses launched by students to solve local social and environmental problems.
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