The Graça Machel Trust is expanding its Women Creating Wealth Programme – Intergenerational Edition (WCW-I) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to empower women in Africa and transform the continent’s economies. With limited formal employment opportunities, young women face challenges in generating income. The goal is to impact 10,000 businesswomen, create $1 billion, and generate 200,000 jobs in 5 years. Young entrepreneurs with ambitious growth plans are encouraged to join the movement. This flagship entrepreneurship initiative is designed to boost your confidence, skills, and networks. Scale your business and transition from income generation to wealth creation.
We will elevate your business’s organisation and structure. Applicants will receive:
- Structured training on WCW Online Ignite courses
- Customised coaching, mentoring, and technical advice
- Develop your toolbox of resources for growth
- Access to a vibrant, supportive business community
- Networking events and round tables for building social capital
- Access to a pool of rated service providers for growth, market access, and finance.
Programme duration is 10 months, including 2 months of blended learning training (6 hours a week) and 8 months of aftercare (4 hours per month). Apply using the below links:
English: https://lnkd.in/dubbA2qw
French: https://lnkd.in/dQpwd_et
Kiswahili: https://lnkd.in/dafER6rH
The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting children’s rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Children’s Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescents’ health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trust’s goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a mother’s health and social economic conditions, the early years of a child’s life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.