I had the privilege of speaking at the Sallie Bender Guild luncheon today about the Koinonia Foundation’s Beacon Program. I thoroughly enjoyed speaking to them. The purpose of the Beacon Program is to teach women the basics of entrepreneurship. The idea was hatched in 2007 in response to the obvious impact of the large number …
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by Beata Musabyimana One of the causes of poverty in Rwanda is the 1994 genocide of Tutsi. Beacon women find that will never happen again. They are committed to work and raise their socio-economic status, to rebuild themselves and their country. Working in co-operative helps them not only to join their efforts in business but …
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What were we doing to close out 2010? Well, we’ve been keeping pretty busy. On the solar power project front, we’re working with 2 non-profit organizations to consult on installs for schools in Africa. One school, in Sierra Leone, is in the building stage, and will soon (hopefully) be able to give us information on …
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December 2010: The Nyarugenge branch has welcomed 34 new members to the cooperative. That brings the total of members in the Nyarugenge/Gasabo districts to 54 and 74 members total in the program. Members were chosen by the program manager and executive committee of the Nyarugenge branch and were trained in December 2010 by an intern …
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June 2010: The Ngoma branch of the Ingenzi Cooperative has officially begun business operations! After participating in business training, during which the women came up with great ideas about how to expand their business, all 20 women got their grant of capital to begin their business.
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