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DOT Rwanda ReachUp! Participants Open Bank Accounts

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Participants opening bank accounts

When we facilitate the ReachUp! program to our participants, we wish them to put into practice the skills given to them. We like to see them saving so that they can also invest. To have a bank account is one good way to do that.

After realizing that 90% of our group of participants didn't have bank accounts,…

- Author: Alice RWIGAMBA

Celebrating a ReachUp! Participant: Meet John Kaminja

Wed, 09 May 2012 05:16:04 +0000

John Kaminja and his chickens

John Kaminja is a young energetic man from a village in Kenya where for many youth, chewing miraa and abusing drugs are quite common. Many in the village also plant and cultivate miraa to sell.

One day during a Sunday service, John was told about DOT Kenya's ReachUp! program. He felt touched and like he had been…

- Author: Nellius Irungu

Week of April 30th to May 4th: News Round-up

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:42:47 +0000

This week at DOT:

- Author: Anne Patterson

Ten DOT Rwanda Team Members Reach Finals in Government Business Competition, Receive Startup Funding

Thu, 03 May 2012 21:41:59 +0000

In December 2011, the Rwanda Ministry of Trade and Industry launched a nation-wide business competition: the Hanga Umurimo (Create Employment) Project. Over 150 DOT Rwanda Interns and program participants submitted to the competition; 43 of these submissions were preselected and received training on business plan elaboration. In April, ten of the…

- Author: Grace Mugabekazi

Week of April 23rd to April 27th: News Round-up

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:44:55 +0000

This week at DOT:

- Author: Anne Patterson

Project Inspire 2012: 5 Minutes to Change the World

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:10:24 +0000

The Singapore Committee for UN Women and MasterCard have come together to organize this joint initiative called "Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World." This competition aims to help young change-makers create a better world of opportunities for women and girls in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Project Inspire presents 18-35…

- Author: Rodrigue ISHIMWE

Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment as a World of Difference Champion

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:45:34 +0000

I was recently invited to participate in The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) World of Difference Awards as a World of Difference Champion.

TIAW is global network of women's organizations that I am very pleased to support. Representing 35,000 women from 6 different continents, TIAW offers business development initiatives that help members…

- Author: Janet Longmore

Week of April 16th to April 20th: News Round-up

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:06:43 +0000

This week at DOT:

- Author: Anne Patterson

DOT Ethiopia Volunteer Visits Partners in Arba Minch and Karat-Konso, Ethiopia

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:53:00 +0000

There is a lot of enthusiasm in the Development Industry for the concept of micro-credit. Ever since the success of Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank Project (1976), supplying loans to the rural poor in Bangladesh, large organisations like the World Bank and the IMF extol the virtues of lending schemes of this kind. However, there are also problems…

- Author: Kit Dorey

Week of April 9th to April 13th: News Round-up

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:58:30 +0000

This week at DOT:

- Author: Anne Patterson