Founded | November 2007 |
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Focus | Fair Trade, Education, Women's Rights |
Location |
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Area served | Rwanda |
Method | Social Enterprise |
Key people | Karen Yelick ( CEO) |
Website | http://www.indegoafrica.org/ |
Indego Africa (standing for "independence, development and governance") is a nonprofit social enterprise, founded in 2007, which works to establish for-profit women's cooperatives in Rwanda, and partners with them to produce and sell handcrafted products. [1] It uses the profits, along with grants and donations, to fund education programs in business management, entrepreneurship, literacy, and technology. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Indego Africa was founded in 2007 by father and son Matt and Tom Mitro. [2]
Indego Africa's partnerships with Rwandan female artisans have included:
On October 1, 2014, Indego Africa launched a Leadership Academy in Kigali, Rwanda to provide advanced business education programs. [10] [11] [6]
Indego Africa runs programs supported by UN Women and funded by the government of Sweden to teach female refugees entrepreneurial and banking skills. [12]
Indego Africa's reports to date show steady improvements in its partners' income, educational outcomes, entrepreneurial activities, and quality of life. [13] As of 2013, 69% of its artisan partners made over $1.50 a day vs. 3% in 2010; 89% reported that Indego Africa trainings helped them run their cooperatives or other businesses; 54% participated in a business outside their cooperative; 77% could afford to send all of their children to school; and 90% could afford healthcare. [14]
Founded | November 2007 |
---|---|
Focus | Fair Trade, Education, Women's Rights |
Location |
|
Area served | Rwanda |
Method | Social Enterprise |
Key people | Karen Yelick ( CEO) |
Website | http://www.indegoafrica.org/ |
Indego Africa (standing for "independence, development and governance") is a nonprofit social enterprise, founded in 2007, which works to establish for-profit women's cooperatives in Rwanda, and partners with them to produce and sell handcrafted products. [1] It uses the profits, along with grants and donations, to fund education programs in business management, entrepreneurship, literacy, and technology. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Indego Africa was founded in 2007 by father and son Matt and Tom Mitro. [2]
Indego Africa's partnerships with Rwandan female artisans have included:
On October 1, 2014, Indego Africa launched a Leadership Academy in Kigali, Rwanda to provide advanced business education programs. [10] [11] [6]
Indego Africa runs programs supported by UN Women and funded by the government of Sweden to teach female refugees entrepreneurial and banking skills. [12]
Indego Africa's reports to date show steady improvements in its partners' income, educational outcomes, entrepreneurial activities, and quality of life. [13] As of 2013, 69% of its artisan partners made over $1.50 a day vs. 3% in 2010; 89% reported that Indego Africa trainings helped them run their cooperatives or other businesses; 54% participated in a business outside their cooperative; 77% could afford to send all of their children to school; and 90% could afford healthcare. [14]