Women From Millennium Villages Project Becoming Businesswomen

Rwanda—Recent secondary school graduates from Rwanda – young businesswomen who were part of the Millennium Villages Project (   MVP  ) – are opening businesses through the Connect To Learn Initiative. Connect To Learn, supported by the   The William, Jeff, and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation and Blue Chip Foundation  , first launched its secondary school scholarship program in 2012 to assist 40 students with the financial costs associated with six years of secondary school.

Rwanda’s limited opportunities for women threatened to hold back the graduates, whose studies concluded in December 2017. Because the transition from secondary school into the workforce is a difficult one, particularly for young women, Connect To Learn launched another initiative – one that trains women in practical applications such as financial planning and budgeting, business planning, marketing, photography and traditional basket-weaving.

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