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Green Enterprise for Rural Youth in Tanzania

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Green Enterprise for Rural Youth in Tanzania

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Summary

Provide entrepreneurial training and opportunities for youth in the Lushoto District, enabling them to plan for, develop, and manage sustainable, environmentally-oriented businesses. read updates from the field

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$30 - Will train one youth to develop an environmental business plan
$75 - Will train one youth leader to work with their youth group members to start eco-businesses
$100 - Will support group leaders in providing ongoing business training and support for youth in a village for one year

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Received $1,402 from 32 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Lushoto is a rural, agricultural district with a 3:1 ratio of women to men, as men continue to leave due to a shortage of formal employment and over-populated land. Women and youth remain with limited economic opportunities and tumultuous family and community environments. By providing local youth with entrepreneurial training emphasizing sustainability, and with the tools to continue learning, the youth will be able to build new businesses and reverse these dangerous trends for their community.

Activities

We provide eco-enterprise training with experiential-learning curricula that can be reused by youth leaders for ongoing, sustainable eco-business development. Youth learn business and leadership skills and how to develop sustainable business plans.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,402
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,598
Total Funding Goal: $6,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will provide youth with the skills to develop their own sustainable businesses, increasing incomes and job opportunities in Lushoto, and helping to build an environmentally sustainable local economy.

Project Message

We did not know about the importance of the environment before and now we ARE environmental entrepreneurs!
- Godliving Munuo, EVI Trainee, Founder of Ngarenaro Youth Group

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lauren Frederic

1519 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20036
United States
+1 202 667 0802
Email:

Project Sponsor

EcoVentures International

Organization

EcoVentures International
1519 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 301
Washington, DC 20036
United States
+1 202 667 0802
http://www.eco-ventures.org

Learn more about EcoVentures International and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Tanzania, United Republic of and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Tanzania, United Republic of, read the Human Development Report on Tanzania, United Republic of or the Wikipedia entry for Tanzania, United Republic of.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 31, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 11, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

New Business Training for Eco-businesses

By Lauren Frederic - Development Associate, January 31, 2010 10:21 PM

UPDATE: The Future Fuels Project partners have developed a fuel briquette business training for 35 women from 7 fuel briquette production groups in the Lushoto area to provide entrepreneurial and specific briquette market knowledge that can turn simple production into truly viable, operational businesses.

Briquette groups meet once a month in Lukozi, just outside of Lushoto, in order to:

● Obtain information on the briquette market
● Discuss customer feedback on briquette quality and price
● Share knowledge on securing orders
● Share knowledge on increasing production, including working with Chamavita and EVI to development business plans and explore financing options in order to purchase additional press machines.
● Receive record keeping and income and expenditure books

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