Tiwale Community Based Organization: Women's Center for Education and Entrepreneurship
- Income generation
- Microfinance
- Education
- Girls' development
- Youth leadership
- Adult education
- Community development
- Poverty alleviation
- Sustainable development
- Family Planning
- Health education
- Maternal health
- Women's issues
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Founding Story
Team
Email from Isabel Carvalho
Founder & Director
No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Gender Equality, Decent Work and Economic Growth.
Through the weight of a need for action especially with the ridiculous percentage of peers who had left school early and were suffering to find employment and economic opportunities, I brought together a team of five other youths to take initiative. Together we designed a business curriculum that trained 150 women from the need-finding to implementation process. With our limited resources, my team and I guided 40 of these women in enhancing their business plans. I applied for a grant from the Global Changemakers which aided these 40 women to start business on interest free loans. They were profitable some even at 200%. The women successfully repaid the loans and have continued to date. The next initiative I pioneered was the vocational skills training program. One of our participants shared she knew how to tie-dye fabrics, using funds from the Future Forward award, I mobilized our team to set the training spaces. The program has aided 30 women to become experts at tie-dyeing fabrics, so far 90 fabrics have been made, and 70 of those have sold successfully mostly via our online store. We have used funds from the sells to purchase land to build our education and entrepreneurship center.
WAFF Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leaders
African Leadership Academy
Ashoka Future Forward
Mount Holyoke College Entrepreneurial Support
Grinspoon Entrepreneurial Spirit
Global Changemakers
Clinton Global Initiative University
Global Health Corps