Village Enterprise

2 million lives transformed 🤝 2 million reasons to give! As this year comes to an end, we're reflecting on the power of entrepreneurship to transform the lives of the most vulnerable. By investing in our entrepreneurs, you're helping them start businesses, earn sustainable incomes and savings, and break generational cycles of extreme poverty. As a result of their businesses, our entrepreneurs are earning higher incomes, providing healthier meals for their children, sending their kids to school, and saving for the future. To date, we've transformed the lives of more than 2 million people living in extreme poverty, and with your support we can transform millions more. This holiday season, our Board of Directors is matching $100,000 in gifts. Donate today and have your gift matched dollar for dollar: bit.ly/4i64tgJ

On behalf of the entire Village Enterprise team, thank you for making 2024 our most impactful year yet! We're incredibly grateful for your support of our mission and your dedication to ending extreme poverty in rural Africa. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season full of hope and joy ❤️

This holiday season, a $50 donation to Village Enterprise will help lift two people out of extreme poverty. Your donation helps equip vulnerable women, refugees, and youth in rural Africa to become entrepreneurs, launch small businesses, and ultimately break the cycle of extreme poverty for themselves and their families. The first $100,000 in donations this holiday season will be matched — give now to have your donation doubled: bit.ly/4i64tgJ

Did you know? Village Enterprise is the ONLY international nonprofit with a perfect 100%, four-star rating from Charity Navigator 💛 Out of more than 225,000 nonprofits, we're proud to be a leader in each of the areas they evaluate: impact & measurement, accountability & finance, leadership & adaptability, and culture & community. This holiday season, you can give with confidence knowing your donation is going to one of the highest rated nonprofits in the world. And, with our Board of Directors matching every gift 1:1 (up to $100,000), your gift will go TWICE as far: bit.ly/4i64tgJ

Ending extreme poverty means taking on climate change 🌱 At Village Enterprise, we support our entrepreneurs by providing them with the best tools and resources to launch climate-smart businesses. This ensures that our entrepreneurs can face climate change head on while also caring for the environments that sustain them. To learn more about our climate work, check out our 2024 Annual Report: bit.ly/4g7G8Wt

Our 2024 Annual Report is here: bit.ly/3ZlBKfi 🎉 Thanks to your incredible support, Village Enterprise has now transformed more than two million lives—including over 312,000 in the past year alone! Dive into our digital annual report to hear directly from our amazing team and read the stories of the extraordinary women, refugees, and youth who are ending extreme poverty and building brighter futures for generations to come. We hope our annual report leaves you feeling hopeful about the future and inspired by the transformational power of entrepreneurship! Thanks to all of our partners who made 2024 our best year yet: African Wildlife Foundation, Arcus Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BOMA.ngo, Caritas Tabora, Cartier Philanthropy, Catholic Relief Services, Common Good Marketplace, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Delta Fund, DreamStart Labs, FAO, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Fonds d'Innovation pour le Développement, The Global Development Incubator, the Government of Kenya, the Government Of Makueni County, Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC), the Government of Taita Taveta County, the Government of West Pokot County, IDinsight, IKEA Foundation, Imago Dei Fund, Mercy Corps, Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation, The Life You Can Save, The Starbucks Foundation, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UN Women, USAID, Whole Foods Market Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society, The World Bank, and The Younger Family Fund.

Entrepreneurship transforms lives 💚 With reliable incomes and savings from their businesses, our entrepreneurs have the resources to break generational cycles of extreme poverty and build sustainable livelihoods. They're able to afford more nutritious meals for their families, send their children to school, access important healthcare when needed, and better navigate the unpredictable effects of climate change. One business has the power to transform life for an entire family. And, to date, the businesses our entrepreneurs have started have impacted more than two million lives across rural Africa. We think that's pretty amazing.

Village Enterprise is proud to have partnered with the Government Of Makueni County to launch their brand new poverty alleviation policy! This groundbreaking policy was officially unveiled earlier this week by Deputy Governor H.E. Lucy Mulili and Village Enterprise's Chief Government Relations Officer Taddeo Muriuki. Speaking at the event, the Deputy Governor pledged county funding for a pilot implementation—a signal of the county government’s readiness to not only adopt, but also scale up the poverty graduation model for sustainable poverty alleviation. With support from Village Enterprise, this policy establishes a comprehensive framework for implementing the poverty graduation model in Kenya's Makueni County. This proven approach uses entrepreneurship to empower families to overcome extreme poverty and enhance their resilience to climate change. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this initiative represents a pivotal step in Makueni County’s mission to support vulnerable communities, foster sustainable livelihoods, and address climate-related challenges. This policy sets the stage for accelerating poverty alleviation throughout the county, and we're honored to contribute to building a brighter, more sustainable future for all!

"Aligning entrepreneurship and conservation is fundamental to the success of both people and planet." 🌍   In Earth.Org, our CEO Dianne Calvi shares how Village Enterprise's poverty graduation model is furthering conservation efforts and reducing extreme poverty in Uganda's Kibale National Park. By partnering with Ngogo Chimpanzee Project, and with funding from the Arcus Foundation, our efforts in Kibale National Park are protecting one of the largest remaining populations of East African chimpanzees while equipping local communities to break the cycle of extreme poverty through entrepreneurship. Read the full article to learn more about this important work: https://lnkd.in/gH9Je4gs

Village Enterprise was at the Jumuiya Agribusiness and Blue Economy Investment Conference (JABEIC) hosted by the Country Government of Taita Taveta! JABEIC brought together a diverse group of stakeholders—from policymakers to investors—all united by a passion for agribusiness, the blue economy, and sustainable development. At the event:   John Ochieng, our Project Manager for Policy and Advocacy, delivered a keynote address on the importance of empowering youth and women in agriculture and the blue economy.  Esther Kisavi, our County Liaison Coordinator in Taita Taveta, highlighted Village Enterprise's impact in creating sustainable pathways for first-time entrepreneurs transitioning out of extreme poverty.  We are inspired by the connections made and the shared commitment to fostering sustainable growth in Kenya’s coastal regions. #VillageEnterprise #PovertyGraduation #JABEIC2024