Garment Factory in Arsi, Ethiopia
This not-for-profit project will create employment opportunities by training 300 women, raising their income from less than $1/day to $4/day. In addition to technical training, management and business training will also be provided. The income increase will enable the workers to generate savings, improve housing and allow them to send their children to school.
Customers have already been identified for the production of uniforms, shirts, overalls, and similar products. The total project cost is $105,000 of which $35,000 has already been secured, partially through a micro-loan from the Assela Women’s Credit and Saving Program. Excess revenues from this initiative will be contributed to the Impact Poverty Foundation to develop similar projects in other communities in Ethiopia. This is a locally owned initiative. They need a ‘hand up’ to achieve sustainability which will be achieved within one year.

Technical Skills Training School in Assela, Arsi, Ethiopia The objectives of this not-for-profit project are: To build the capacity of 1,500 vulnerable women and young men per year by teaching them vocational skills that will allow them to earn $4/day. Most of these individuals are currently either unemployed and not in school or earning $1.00 per day. Organize the students into a workable cooperative and provide them with start-up packages as a way of encouraging them to apply their skills immediately.

At a total cost of $235,578 over three years, fifteen-hundred women and youth will be trained in the vocations of Tailoring, Agriculture, Woodworking/Metal, Construction and Computer Science. This will be a highly sustainable initiative partly due to the cooperative (which will generate income) and because these courses are in great demand, with a waiting list of more than 7,000 prospective students. In addition to technical training, the curriculum will include business courses and values-based education such as conflict resolution and stress management. Upon graduation, each student will be required to train at least 2 persons thus increasing the number of skilled persons in the community. Please help these eager students create a positive, sustainable future.

Poultry and Sheep Farm in Arsi-Aresella, Ethiopia

This project will employ 200 workers who will improve their personal incomes from $1.00 per day to $4.00 per day. Over 5 years this farm will generate $1,000,000 in revenue $300,000 in after tax profit. The regional government and village elders have voluntarily agreed to donate 10% of all revenue to charitable works in the local community. Estimated incremental impact on the local economy over 5 years from the combination of increased worker wages and charitable dollars will be well over $1,000,000 in local purchasing power against a total project start-up cost of just $250,000.

New School in Ninayakapuram – Khamman District, India

This project was completed in a remote tribal area of India where the previous illiteracy rate was nearly 100%. Several years ago, after being motivated by a new literacy program, the villagers agreed to donate land to start a small children’s school. The school has produced many graduates over the years who have achieved a 5th Grade practical literacy level. However, one young lady, Chirala, has qualified to enter college and has aspirations to become a chartered accountant. This is a major achievement for a community that originally had no idea what chartered accountancy was.