During a presentation about Street Business School (SBS), I asked a group of busy professionals what giving back meant to them. One woman said she had grand plans of becoming more involved with her favorite nonprofit, and instead “ended up just writing another check.” I had...
Saida Awori is resilient, adaptable, and works hard, especially when challenges arise. Saida joined Street Business School (SBS) in 2017 after hearing a bullhorn announcement in Mutungo, where she lived. Saida was a stay-at-home mother to three children and her husband was unemployed. Together, they lived...
Research continues to show that investing in women and girls is a primary driver in inclusive climate action that leaves no one behind. Take the New York Times best-selling book Drawdown as just one example. Published by the nonprofit climate research group Project Drawdown, the...
“I want to learn to start a business,” “I want to have more money,” “I want to learn to save more.” These words we commonly hear from the thousands of Ugandan women we serve through Street Business School’s learning lab. The difference? These women are...
You may not be conducting business as usual right now, but you can continue to actively engage your volunteer network. Here are ten ways to maximize your volunteer engagement, virtually! Email your volunteers a survey to gauge interest and technology skills. Find out what digital platforms...
Transforming Lives From One Bead To 1 Million As Street Business School evolves as a global leader in entrepreneurial education, we’re taking a moment to honor our sister organization BeadforLife, who after 17 years, is declaring victory by sun-setting its retail operation. Together we celebrate years...
Promoting female empowerment is part of the unique DNA of the Swarovski Foundation. Swarovski highlights its work with Street Business School (SBS) to change the poverty narrative of mothers across Africa through economic education and as the response to COVID-19 continues, our work to support...
Street Business School stands for dignity. We work to create equality of opportunity for women who have been marginalized by poverty, and this commitment to inclusion is what drives us every day. Just as our programs create greater equality and justice in the global south,...
I recently read this UN Paper and NYT article that predict as many as half a billion people may fall back into poverty as a result of coronavirus. 500,000,000 people - That is 8% of the global population or one out of every 12 people...
