Larry Coben
ESCALA WINS STATE DEPARTMENT AWARD!
ESCALA WINS STATE DEPARTMENT AWARD!
ESCALA Business School, Peru, Pachacamac, BiciTour Pachacamac
Larry Coben
Empowering More Women Entrepreneurs as ESCALA ...

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.

Empowering More Women Entrepreneurs as ESCALA Goes Digital!
COVID-19, ESCALA Business School
Larry Coben
Supporting Poor Entrepreneurs in a Time of ...

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.

Supporting Poor Entrepreneurs in a Time of Crisis
Chotuna-Chornancap, Peru
Larry Coben
Filomena's Message to Women Around the World

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.

Filomena's Message to Women Around the World
BiciTour Pachacamac, BiciTours, Bicitours Túcume, Cajamarca, Chan Chan, ESCALA, Kaole, Kilwa, Ollantaytambo, Pachacamac, Peru, SISAN, Tanzania, Tucume, WAUTO-Kaole
Larry Coben
Look at Everything Our Donors Helped us ...

We couldn’t have done any of it without you! With 2020 around the corner, we ask for your support once again so SPI can continue to elevate women and other marginalized entrepreneurs globally. If you make a gift by January 10th, your donation will be matched! 

Look at Everything Our Donors Helped us Accomplish in 2019

ESCALA WINS STATE DEPARTMENT AWARD!

WE WON A BIG STATE DEPARTMENT AWARD!!!
 

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!


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Supporting Poor Entrepreneurs in a Time of Crisis

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Supporting Poor Entrepreneurs in a Time of Crisis

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.

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What the COVID-19 Response Means for SPI Artisans in Peru, Tanzania, Bulgaria, and Guatemala

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What the COVID-19 Response Means for SPI Artisans in Peru, Tanzania, Bulgaria, and Guatemala

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.

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Filomena's Message to Women Around the World

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Filomena's Message to Women Around the World

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.

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Look at Everything Our Donors Helped us Accomplish in 2019

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Look at Everything Our Donors Helped us Accomplish in 2019

We couldn’t have done any of it without you! With 2020 around the corner, we ask for your support once again so SPI can continue to elevate women and other marginalized entrepreneurs globally. If you make a gift by January 10th, your donation will be matched! 

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What Better way to Celebrate the Holidays than Ending Inequality?

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What Better way to Celebrate the Holidays than Ending Inequality?

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.

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Celebrating Our First Graduating Class!

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Celebrating Our First Graduating Class!

Congratulations to the first graduating class of entrepreneurs from SPI's ESCALA (ESCuela de negocios para la Avance de Latino América) Business School!

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Helping Marginalized Entrepreneurs Build Businesses from Tanzania to Peru

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Helping Marginalized Entrepreneurs Build Businesses from Tanzania to Peru

In Tanzania, our WAUMAKI Kisiwani women’s group is kick-starting their business near the ruins of one of East Africa’s greatest empires. In Peru, SPI hosted a launch event for our long-awaited ESCALA Business School. Local entrepreneurs and their families are enjoying a holiday season filled with joy thanks to new opportunities and sustainable income made possible by SPI projects and your support.