ESCALA has established Alumni Advisory Councils in Peru and Mexico. The purpose of these councils is to incorporate the perspectives of former ESCALA participants and strengthen the program through their insights and lived experiences. Through this initiative, we reaffirm our commitment to continuously improving ESCALA and to strengthening businesses and leadership across communities.
On October 17th, ESCALA and Sector3SVG, together with partners USIL Ventures and Probide, cohosted the ESCALA Alumni Networking and Pitch Competition Event at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, a leading university in Peru.
Over 140 entrepreneurs from the ESCALA alumni community in Peru participated in finance workshops and business pitch rounds guided by over 80 consultants from McKinsey & Company.
We put the ESCALA Business School online, allowing us to provide our curriculum and scale at an accelerated rate in spite of the pandemic and economic climate.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has left the world's poorest and most vulnerable people at greatest risk - including many of the entrepreneurs trained by SPI in Peru, Tanzania, Bulgaria, and Guatemala. However, thanks to your tremendous support for SPI’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, entrepreneurs and artisans now have the resources to step up as local leaders, keeping their families and communities safe.
Meet Filomena Pingo Tejada, one of the traditional weavers involved in SPI’s Chotuna-Chornancap project in Peru. Together with the Chotuna-Chornancap Site Museum and the Brüning National Museum, SPI is helping the artisans like Filomena develop their experience as weavers into a sustainable and profitable business which offers a real income and preserves the site in doing so.
ESCALA has established Alumni Advisory Councils in Peru and Mexico. The purpose of these councils is to incorporate the perspectives of former ESCALA participants and strengthen the program through their insights and lived experiences. Through this initiative, we reaffirm our commitment to continuously improving ESCALA and to strengthening businesses and leadership across communities.
On October 17th, ESCALA and Sector3SVG, together with partners USIL Ventures and Probide, cohosted the ESCALA Alumni Networking and Pitch Competition Event at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, a leading university in Peru.
Over 140 entrepreneurs from the ESCALA alumni community in Peru participated in finance workshops and business pitch rounds guided by over 80 consultants from McKinsey & Company.
The World Environment Center and its partners named the ESCALA-Peru program a winner of their first Empower Innovation Challenge. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department, the award recognizes the success of our curriculum and development network in benefiting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises led by women in Latin America, and comes with a $50,000 grant to expand ESCALA's programs in Peru. The award was given to our local partner Sector 3 Social Ventures, whose leaders manage the implementation of ESCALA's programs throughout Latin America. More information on the Empower Innovation Challenge can be found here. Special congratulations to Ximena Querol and Gina Maldonado, Sector 3 and ESCALA leaders!
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has left the world's poorest and most vulnerable people at greatest risk - including many of the entrepreneurs trained by SPI in Peru, Tanzania, Bulgaria, and Guatemala. However, thanks to your tremendous support for SPI’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, entrepreneurs and artisans now have the resources to step up as local leaders, keeping their families and communities safe.
For these vulnerable small business owners, new government restrictions to curb the pandemic mean less or no income at all in the coming weeks. Although these entrepreneurs are doing everything to adapt to this evolving situation, most do not have the resources to do so. Your support could be their lifeline.
When I began to study archeology, we concentrated on hard research. Now, thirty years later, we realize that if the community does not participate, it is useless to continue doing archeology. I think through archeology we are opening spaces for these women, for these people, to have a chance to improve their quality of life.
Meet Filomena Pingo Tejada, one of the traditional weavers involved in SPI’s Chotuna-Chornancap project in Peru. Together with the Chotuna-Chornancap Site Museum and the Brüning National Museum, SPI is helping the artisans like Filomena develop their experience as weavers into a sustainable and profitable business which offers a real income and preserves the site in doing so.
A recent study highlighted that only 1.6% of all charitable giving goes to supporting women and girls. Women face countless social and economic barriers that bar them from financial agency and self-sufficiency. Our business school model tackles those barriers directly by building women-owned businesses that provide dignified income opportunities where people can earn living wages.
