OUR APPROACH
We run a 15-month business fellowship that provides industry training, business investment, and life and leadership skills, empowering our fellows to build profitable businesses, raise healthy families, and send their children to school.
STEP ONE: RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
WE CONDUCT EXTENSIVE BASELINE ASSESSMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND SPEND RELATIONAL TIME WITH OUR PEOPLE TO KNOW THEM BOTH QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY.
STEP TWO: INDUSTRY TRAINING
We provide consistent and in-depth industry training, support, and follow-up to our fellows in their specific industries. We currently work in coffee farming, artisan goods, and agribusiness.
STEP THREE: LIFE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
We conduct intensive training and one-on-one mentorship to fellows and their families in areas of financial planning, family health and nutrition, household visioning, gender equality, business management, and community leadership.
STEP FOUR: BUSINESS INVESTMENT
We invest in groups or individuals who have completed business training and submitted a business plan, equipping fellows to improve their current businesses or launch new ones.
STEP FIVE: IMPACT MEASUREMENT
We collect quantitative and qualitative data to monitor and evaluate the impact of our work. We then determine the best way to amend the fellowship to support each person towards empowerment.
