Sponsor a Women to Start Her Own Business in Ghana

Dear Supporters,

For decades, foreign governments and aid organisations has attempted to solve social issues which are affecting developing nations. A systems that has caused, and contributed to continued dependency. Now, times are changing and developing nations want to find local solutions to local issues. All they need is the initial paying customers to become a flourishing business. 

A social enterprise is a for profit business which are working to solve social issues, or where part of the profit is reinvested into charity. By supporting social enterprises, you are not only supporting start-ups which are trying to grow, employ people and contribute to the economy but are also looking for innovative solutions to social problems. The benefits of such a model is that they are not fully reliant on government and foreign aid, but rather has several different income streams. In 2020, GVI Trust will be collaborating with local social entrepreneurs to tackle issues faced by the local community. One of the businesses which we will collaborate with are focused on improving the quality of education in Early Childhood Development stages at private and public schools in Zimbabwe. 

Their main focus is on the involvement of rural communities and trying to help them develop to attain an acceptable standard for an ECD centre. The current problem is the limited exposure to training by ECD Educators to enhance their skills and teaching capacities. Teachers can function well when they have the resources to utilise and they are well equipped to carry out their work as teachers. There is a need to improve the quality of 

education provided to children under Early Childhood Development as that is the foundation to shape their destinies. School readiness by such children in remote areas is limited. Thus, rather than simply give schools teaching resources for this current grade, the GVI Trust wants to implement a financially, and environmentally sustainable solution. Together with a social enterprise, a pilot workshop will be held in Norton to cater for all ECD centers in the region. During the workshop, the teachers will receive training in how to use recycled materials to make ECD teaching resources to use in the classroom; coupled with knowledge on how to use the resources made to develop childrens’ fine and gross motor skills. This is believed to contribute to increased quality education for children foundational phase, and have a lasting impact as the ECD teachers can independently remake the resources each coming year for the new class.

Early Childhood Development (ECD) has been identified as the most crucial stage for children as it is the time when children develop their fine and gross motor skills which sets the tone for all future classroom activities. This project will kick off in February over one day with 30 ECD teachers. The first workshop will train the participants on how to develop learning materials for their classrooms for implementation in their schools using recycled material. What makes the project unique is that it will utilise a local social enterprise in its delivery to empower and support local entrepreneurs to grow their business whilst making an impact in their community. 

Thank you to our Donors, Fundraisers and Supporters for supporting Social Entrepreneurs in building their economy and allowing them to take ownership of local issues.

With Gratitude,

Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs