We aim to ensure long-term, self-sustaining progress that operates independently of us wherever it’s needed worldwide, with local women equipped to lift nations out of poverty and shape the future they want. Our approach is based on three fundamentals:
Help women winDesign and deliver locally to shape the future they want.
Sustainable, long-term change must come from the ground up.
Our locally led approach keeps the agency with local people. They hold all the answers to their futures – we just equip them the tools to make it happen.
For every project, we employ local experts to design and deliver according to each region’s unique needs. The Hand in Hand model provides the blueprint, but they provide local know-how to make it work. This ensures decision-making power stays within the communities we serve for better long-term outcomes.
See this in actionDesign for explosive growth that ignites economies
1) To earn more: We’ve developed a replicable model over 20-years that can be easily rolled out for new projects, no matter the context.
2) To ignite economies: We connect local businesses to regional, national and even international value chains. This means they can consistently sell more for a higher price.
3) To lift nations out of poverty: To scale exponentially, we collect data to empower governments and civil society with proven evidence based interventions they can use to effect long lasting change.
See this in actionDesign with data at our core to learn, grow and iterate to deliver exponential value.
We operate an incredibly cost-efficient model with a return on investment (ROI) of more than 400% and three people benefitting from every single woman that partners with us.
Our Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team works hand in hand with our global network to collect precise data. This data is vital to delivering for women long term, proving strong ROI, and as a learning organisation, testing, learning and refining as we go.
See this in actionFive metrics that prove we’re equipping women to win long term.
Income uplift
Business resilience
Personal financial
resilience
Equal decision making
Return on investment
(ROI)