Beacon Program developments can be found here:
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Beacon Program Update: “Ingenzi K-Light” Cooperative Comments Off
The Koinonia Foundation has awarded the first micro-grant to the women of the Beacon Program. Each of the 10 women of the Ingenzi K-Light Cooperative has been awarded 6 K-Lights as the capital with which to start her small business.
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August 2009: Koinonia Foundation awarded the first micro-grant to the Ingenzi Cooperative. Most of the women live in Nyakabanda, the poorest area of the Nyarugenge District in Kigali. They have had previous experience in small business, mainly in selling second-hand items, such as clothes and shoes. However, they have never had the financial resources to …
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Our Beacon Program is now up and running. This is the program where the Koinonia Foundation is helping unemployed women with children to start up small businesses. This is our first report from our new employee, Beata:
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This month, Andy and I traveled to Kigali to meet with the Rwandan NGO whose members would be participating in the Beacon Program. Members of our team had met with the organization last summer in a preliminary meeting to discuss the program and find out if we could work together to make it happen.
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