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.
We are terribly sad to inform you that our friend and fellow board member Carlos Alberto Arrarte was killed in a car accident last week. He was on the way to a meeting about his great passion "Plan Wallata" a community development project for the town of Ollantaytambo, Peru.
We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with the National Geographic Society! We will conducting several of our sustainable development and capacity building projects in Peru in association with the GlobalXplorer project.
