Village Enterprise

Have you ever heard of … Village Enterprise?

Village Enterprise, founded in 1987, is an organization with the mission to “end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation” (1). 

Village Enterprise helps extremely impoverished people (they target those living on the equivalent of $1.90 - or less - a day) in areas of rural Africa to start businesses and break the cycle of poverty.

Village Enterprise has a graduation program where they identify those really poor people, then have their business mentors train them. The organization provides entrepreneurs with $150 to start their businesses up. Mentored by Village Enterprise's business mentors, groups then start up their new businesses, forming savings groups to “serve as a safety net as well as [Village Enterprise’s] exit strategy” (2).

Weekly Charity is not working with Village Enterprise, but definitely encourages helping them out, whether by volunteering, fundraising, donating … whatever works!

Now, here’s a little statistic:

Charity Navigator gives Village Enterprise: 3 out of 4 stars

Thanks for your time! Here’s Village Enterprise’s website: http://villageenterprise.org

SOURCES

(1) The Village Enterprise website, on the “History & Mission” page (in the folder, “About Us”, retrieved from the url “http://villageenterprise.org/about-us/history-mission/“ on Saturday, June 18, 2016.

(2) The Village Enterprise website, on the “What We Do” page (in the folder of the same name), retrieved from the url “http://villageenterprise.org/what-we-do/“ on Saturday, June 18, 2016.