Progynist NGO for Women Entrepreneurs Promotion

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Progynist NGO for Women Entrepreneurs Promotion

• Mission
• PROGYNIST is an indigenous non political, non
  religious and not-for- profit NGO established to
  promote the welfare and contribution of Ethiopian
  women to the political, socio-economic and
  environmental development and management of their
  country.
• PROGYNIST believes that empowering women is
  strengthening civil society and acknowledging its
  role in sustainable development.
• To ensure such sustainability, PROGYNIST focuses
  on projects uplifting womens economic status by
  employing gender-fair and environment friendly
  technology.

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Fields of interventions and services to business
owners

• On-the-spot-advice on
• Record keeping
• Simple accounting system
• Information services on how to find
• Access to financial service
• Access to raw materials and working premise
• Access to vocational training
• Access to improved technologies
• Supporting business owners in Marketing
  strategies
• Participating on exhibition/bazaars
• Preparation of Business card and using sign board
  
• Entrepreneurship Training

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Activities

• Provide Basic Business skills training to MSEs
  especially women
• Support in preparation of business promotion
  tools such as Business Cards, Signposts, etc
• Create access to exhibition/bazaar to MSEs
• Facilitate access to credit service
• Encourage more saving
• Advise on ways of applying for working premises
  
• Assist in establishing record keeping system
• Advise on what roles to be played in
  association
• Advice on how to get market by showing samples

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Achievements

• More than 1800 Women were trained in basic
  business skill and handling and have prepared
  their books of accounts and aware of costing and
  pricing.
• Women entrepreneurs capacity expanded beyond
  day-to-day business thinking by the additional
  training on cost calculating and packaging.
• More 20 Women participated on exhibition/bazaar
  and built their capacity.
• Most of women taken credit from Meklit Micro
  finance institution
• One woman have got additional skill training
  (basic tailoring training)

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Examples of Success Stories

• Emebet Mekuria (Weaver)
• Situation/Problem W/ro Emebet Mekuria has 10
  children and she is illiterate. She is working
  with 2 wageworkers. She lacks basic business
  skills and initial fund.
• Support provided She has taken BBS training and
  credit from Meklit Micro finance. The BDS unit
  encouraged her to save and assisted her on how to
  get market.
• Impact Now she is increasing her working capital
  and her life is improving.

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success stories...

• Enzirt womens cooperative
• Support provided Eskedar, one of Enzirt
  cooperative member has taken BBS training and was
  linked with skills training providers before the
  cooperative was formed. With her friends whom she
  found during skills training, she started Enzirt.
• After the formation of the cooperative, Progynist
  BDS unit has helped them in writing application
  letters to participate on exhibition/bazaar.
• Currently the Enzirt is capable of negotiating to
  get access to exhibition/bazaar, which is one
  market out let for MSEs.