UNFCU FOUNDATION INC

LIVELIHOOD TRAINING:GLOBAL FUND FOR WIDOWS IS DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING WIDOWS AND FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS TO OVERCOME POVERTY THROUGH SKILLS-BASED TRAINING, JOB CREATION, AND MICRO-FINANCE. GFW WILL SUPPORT 125 WIDOWS TO CREATE FIVE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS TO BRING ECONOMIC SECURITY TO 1,400 INDIVIDUALS IN KENYA. THE FIVE SAVINGS AND LOANS GROUPS WILL BE OWNED, MANAGED AND GOVERNED BY THE WIDOWS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL.HOT BREAD KITCHEN CREATES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR IN NYC, THROUGH JOB SKILLS TRAINING, FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS AND AN ECOSYSTEM OF HOLISTIC CARE. HBK WILL ENROLL 247 WOMEN IN THEIR CULINARY FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING PROGRAM ACROSS NYC, INCLUDING 178 MEMBERS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE CULINARY FUNDAMENTALS TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS. GRADUATED PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PLACED IN HIGH-QUALITY JOBS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY WITHIN HBK'S NETWORK OF 200+ EMPLOYER PARTNERS.IMAGINE HER'S MISSION IS TO PREPARE RURAL YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUTH IN UGANDA TO BECOME THRIVING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS. IMAGINE HER WILL SUPPORT 350 RURAL YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "GREEN ENERGY LAB," WHICH AIMS TO CATALYZE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL WOMEN IN THE GREEN ENERGY SECTOR AND EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS ENTREPRENEURS AND CHAMPIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY. MISSION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (MCODE) EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS OF UGANDA. MCODE WILL SUPPORT 90 YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM TO LAUNCH A REGISTERED COOPERATIVE AND SELL TWO HIGH-DEMAND EXPORT VEGETABLES, HABANERO AND CAYENNE PEPPERS. THEY WILL PROVIDE COACHING AND MENTORSHIP THROUGH A HORTICULTURE TRAINING COMPANY TO PROVIDE A MARKET FOR THE PRODUCTS, AND SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE CERTIFICATIONS AT AN ACCREDITED FARMING INSTITUTE. REFUSHE'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER ORPHANED, UNACCOMPANIED, AND SEPARATED REFUGEE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN SO THEY CAN BUILD HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. REFUSHE'S ARTISAN COLLECTIVE IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT WILL GRADUATE 20 YOUNG WOMEN INTO TWO-YEAR APPRENTICESHIPS TO GAIN ADVANCED TAILORING SKILLS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO SMALL LOANS.SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES IS NEW YORK'S LARGEST NONPROFIT PROVIDER OF WRAP-AROUND SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEX TRAFFICKING, AND RELATED FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. SANCTUARY'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (EEP) WILL COVER STIPENDS FOR 150 WOMEN AND YOUTH TO MAKE INTERNSHIPS ACCESSIBLE FOR PARTICIPANTS AND HELP PREPARE THEM FOR LIVING-WAGE JOBS.TOGETHER WE BAKE'S (TWB) MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE WORKFORCE TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED WOMEN. TWB WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN 45 WOMEN, AND PROVIDE POST PROGRAM SUPPORT TO 150 ALUMNI TEAM MEMBERS. ALUMNI TEAM MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE POST-PROGRAM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.TRICKLE UP WORKS WITH ULTRA-POOR WOMEN IN GUATEMALA TO HELP THEM ACCESS FINANCIAL INCLUSION SERVICES. TRICKLE UP WILL SUPPORT 250 INDIGENOUS WOMEN THROUGH THE PROGRESA PROGRAM, A TWO-YEAR INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND INSTITUTIONALIZE ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMMING IN IXCN, GUATEMALA, WHILE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SCALE TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ENROLLED IN VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOANS ASSOCIATIONS (VSLAS), RECEIVE FINANCIAL EDUCATION, LIVELIHOODS COACHING, AND TRAININGS, AND RECEIVE SEED GRANTS.VILLAGE ENTERPRISE UTILIZES THE GRADUATION APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF WOMEN LIVING IN RURAL POVERTY IN UGANDA BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO BUSINESS SAVINGS GROUPS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING, MEMBERSHIP AND A CASH GRANT AS SEED CAPITAL. THE PROGRAM WILL START 60 SMALL BUSINESSES, IMPACTING THE LIVES OF 180 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, AND FORM FOUR NEW BUSINESS SAVINGS GROUPS.INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (IRC) PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFUGEES, ASYLEES, VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SURVIVORS OF TORTURE, AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS TO THRIVE IN AMERICA. IRC'S WOMEN'S EMPLOYABILITY PROGRAM (WEP) WILL PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND FINANCIAL CAPABILITY TRAINING TO 150 REFUGEE WOMEN AND INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL COACHING TO 40 WOMEN.UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) WILL PROVIDE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE LIVES OF FISTULA SURVIVORS THROUGH LONG-TERM STRATEGIES INVOLVING GENDER EQUALITY, VOCATIONAL AND TRADE SKILLS ACQUISITION, AND THE FORMATION OF SAVINGS GROUPS, AIMING FOR A RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY IN KADUNA STATE, NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA. THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT ENROLLMENT OF 40 INDIGENT FISTULA SURVIVORS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. THE 40 WOMEN WILL RECEIVE TRAINING FOR VARIOUS VOCATION AND TRADE SKILLS. KONEXIO IS DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACED BY REFUGEE WOMEN AND YOUTH THROUGH DIGITAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION. KONEXIO WILL ENROLL 60 YOUNG REFUGEE WOMEN IN THE "DIGITAL INCLUSION PROGRAM" IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP IN KENYA. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL COMPLETE FOUNDATIONAL DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING, JOB-SPECIFIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND ONLINE BUSINESS OPERATIONS TRAINING. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE LINKED TO DIGITAL JOB PLATFORMS AND PROVIDED WITH ONGOING MENTORSHIP, PEER LEARNING, AND DIGITAL RESOURCES.WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME SENEGAL WORKS TO BUILD RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE SHOCKS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND AIMS TO TACKLE CHORNIC POVERTY AND STRENGTHEN THE RESILIENCE OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WFP SENEGAL'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROJECT FOR RURAL WOMEN OF GIE BANGA WILL STRENGTHEN THE TECHNICAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITIES OF 300 MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUP (GIE) BANGA IN THE ZIGUINCHOR REGION, THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS TRAINING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING, AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF PROCESSED PRODUCTS.EMMA'S TORCH'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER REFUGEES, ASYLEES, AND SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH CULINARY EDUCATION. EMMA'S TORCH WILL SUPPORT 193 WOMEN AND YOUTH THROUGH THEIR CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH USES A COHORT-BASED METHODOLOGY THAT COMBINES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING TO PROVIDE REFUGEES WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO MOVE BEYOND SURVIVAL JOBS AND ONTO A PATHWAY TO FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. THIS APPROACH ENSURES STUDENTS GAIN BOTH TECHNICAL CULINARY SKILLS AND THE SOFT SKILLS NEEDED FOR LONG-TERM CAREER SUCCESS.UN WOMEN UGANDA WORKS TO ADDRESS THE PERSISTENT AND COMPLEX GENDER INEQUALITIES THAT CONTINUE TO AFFECT WOMEN AND GIRLS IN UGANDA. UN WOMEN'S INITIATIVE "SUPPORT FACILITY TOWARDS STRENGTHENING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE OF HOST COMMUNITIES AND REFUGEES IN UGANDA (SAFE)" PROVIDES CUSTOMIZED START-UP KITS TO SELECTED WOMEN IN THE ADJUMANI DISTRICT WHO COMPLETED SKILLING IN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL TRADES IN UN WOMEN'S PREVIOUS PROGRAM, LEAP. THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT 62 WOMEN AND YOUTH WITH TAILORED START-UP KITS, ENABLING THEM TO TRANSITION FROM VOCATIONAL TRAINING INTO SELF-EMPLOYMENT OR MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT.RESILIENCE ACTION INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION IS TO EQUIP DISPLACED YOUTH WITH SKILLS AND TOOLS TO ACHIEVE MORE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC POTENTIAL. RESILIENCE ACTION INTERNATIONAL WILL SUPPORT 120 REFUGEE WOMEN THROUGH THE "DIGITAL SKILLS FOR WOMEN'S LIVELIHOOD PROJECT", A 12-MONTH PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO TRAIN AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS OF WOMEN FROM KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, AGED 18-25, IN COMPUTER LITERACY AND DIGITAL SKILLS.