Economic Empowerment
Our Economic Empowerment Programme
The aim of the Economic Empowerment Programme is to support and promote projects that will raise the incomes, and subsequently, the standards of living of people in the communities with which we work. This is achieved through the delivery of courses providing skills, information, knowledge and resources for setting up income-generating projects.
Find out more in our latest annual report on:
- Business courses
- Sustainable Tourism project
Featured blogs on
Economic Empowerment
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International Women’s Day: progress towards parity
As we have said many times before, the best theme for a blog about International Women’s Day would be why it is no longer necessary. Realistically though, that day is still some way off. On the other hand, some of the issues that have driven the need for International Women’s Day – most notably female […]
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New Year message from our CEO, Martin Ballantyne
The big news for 2017 is the announcement of our new name – Brighter Communities Worldwide. We’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead as working together to build strong communities, creating brighter futures within a better world. As we look forward to the year ahead, let’s look back at some of our achievements in […]
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Providing Economic Empowerment for all
Providing Economic Empowerment for all- 303 people participated in one of our business courses in 2021
- 30 groups were given resources to start their own business in 2021
- 430 people engaged in business network meetings in 2021
