Female-focused Entrepreneurship Programs

Creating sustainable lives

In 2018 Jifundishe launched a collaboration with Street Business School for an entrepreneurship training/program to support women and youth to start sustainable business ventures rooted in the local economy, such that they can have reliable income streams into the future in Imbaseni and adjacent villages. The course is run and managed by Jifundishe. It is a 6-month program with the aim of building the capacity of women and youth in the community on the best entrepreneurial practices, so as to create sustainable opportunities for them and to lift their families out of poverty by connecting people worldwide in a circle that enriches everyone. It is built on 3 overarching, and key, components: selection, business content and support or relationship development. wave of poverty by engaging themselves in small businesses. Jifundishe will continue providing the training to more women, youth and older people.

In 2023 Jifundishe opened the doors to a new Vocational Launchpad space for women, thanks to a generous grant from Groundbreaker. Here, cohorts are given a year of hands on and classroom training in vocational skills such as sewing, design, repair and marketing. The programs are female-led and they have proved to be an impactful and relevant way to engage local women and girls, as they strive to create small businesses, supporting themselves, their families, and the community.

+200
women and youth supported

90%
of business running

How your gift will help

$25 covers the cost of a loan for seedling for crops

$50 covers the cost of a loan for buying 6 chicks and material to build a coop

$150 covers the cost of a loan for starting a tailoring business or vegetable stand

$500 supports business training and capacity buildings

Imagine not having business knowledge or skills, access to a credit card, student loans, a mortgage or a car lease. For a woman or youth in Tanzania, credit and access to capital is one of the most elusive, yet necessary things to push someone forward. For the amount you spend on gas or groceries for a week you can help provide women/youth with that next step.

Providing women and youth with the agency to be at the center of their own solutions!