I am super excited!! In the pursue of sustainable partnerships, we have just had a meeting with Project Hope, a local NGO that provides health training and support for orphans and vulnerable children. We are now going to work together, so that our communities can benefits from the training, support and assistance and the groups that Project Hope works with can have access to business training and finance if they want to commence their own businesses.
From the discussions it became very obvious, that the partnership would promote self sustainable development of our clients in the longer terms. Project Hope also have an economic development programme of community savings - an equivalent of mutual fund. So if the groups start small with micro loans, while getting the wider benefits of additional training, and then could gradually move on to the longer terms self savings scheme, having a better understanding of how to work with money and plan for the future, they can naturally progress to the more complicated "financial services" model within their own communities.
Yey!!! It is 10.30 am and we have a result!!! Now to the adminy stuff of formalising the proposal, getting the stakeholder buy in etc.... This will definitely help me strengthen the fundraising discussions too. Need to find a few more partners who would give us the support we need in areas of skills development, ongoing business training, women empowerment and may be sustainable energy sources (I had to bring in solar somehow!!;)))
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