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On #EarthDay 🌍, we're thrilled to announce Village Enterprise has been awarded new funding from Follow Arcus Apes Program at @ArcusApes to expand our work protecting endangered chimpanzees and reducing extreme poverty in Kibale National Park, Uganda! Read our press release: bit.ly/3xHekH8

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it's an act of justice" - Mandela Dianne Calvi CEO Village Enterprise shares how they will lift 20m out of extreme #poverty through #entrepreneurship, #innovation & collective action Ep 49 link.chtbl.com/9ufETAV_ #TheCharityCEOPodcast #SDG1

Don't miss Village Enterprise CEO Dianne Calvi on the latest episode of #TheCharityCEOPodcast with Dhivya O’Connor CEO! Listen today: apple.co/3QxPuAb

Not only is humanity not reducing greenhouse gas emissions - we are increasing atmospheric CO2 at the highest rate ever recorded. In the last 12 months, atmospheric CO2 rose by 4.7 to 427 parts per million, that is, by over 1%. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Since 2021, Village Enterprise's PARKS Project has worked to reduce extreme poverty among rural communities surrounding a national park in East Africa while protecting the endangered #chimpanzees who call the park home. Learn more: villageenterprise.org/blog/thriving-…

Inspiring stories of hope and resilience by women entrepreneurs in the Bidi Bide refugee camp featured on BBC News (World) by Sam Fenwick. I met Salome in 2018 when she'd just finished the Village Enterprise program. Now she owns 2 acres land & employees 15 people! bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Dawa, Salome, and Stella—three extraordinary refugees in Uganda's Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement who've become business owners through Village Enterprise—were featured on BBC World Service! Listen to their stories here: bbc.in/3QGWevE

Stella, Dawa and Salome first arrived at the Bidibidi refugee camp in north-western Uganda with little more than what they were wearing. They're now all successful businesswomen who lifted their families out of extreme poverty. How did they do it? 🎧 bbc.in/3WDZxHL

🔁Replay the #KnowledgeCafe session moderated by Iffath Sharif, WB Social Protection Global Director & joined by Dianne Calvi, Village Enterprise CEO and Greg Chen, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative Managing Director on #EconomicInclusion & jobs productivity during the #WBGMeetings! youtu.be/-EiWOYyKt_M

Don't miss this new BBC World Service podcast featuring the story of three remarkable women, Dawa, Salome & Stella, participants of Village Enterprise #EconomicInclusion program in #Uganda. Rich insights by CEO Dianne Calvi, & PEI Program Manager, Victoria Strokova are also included! ⤵️

We're excited to announce our renewed partnership with County Government of West Pokot. Being the first county in Kenya to ratify a poverty graduation policy, this collaboration marks a significant development in our concerted effort to alleviate extreme poverty!

🏆 We're thrilled to share that we're the ONLY nonprofit in the world to have a perfect score from Charity Navigator! ⭐ Out of 225,000+ nonprofits, we're the only one with 100% in: impact & measurement, accountability & finance, leadership & adaptability, and culture & community.

The #refugee crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing our society. The answer isn't handouts, it's self-reliance and dignity.' This #WorldRefugeeDay, find out how the development sector can manage funding more effectively. Dianne Calvi Village Enterprise Tjada D'Oyen McKenna Mercy Corps

We face an unprecedented global displacement crisis driven by conflict & climate change yet traditional aid models of refugee support are failing. On World Refugee Day, Dianne Calvi & I share a new approach Mercy Corps & Village Enterprise are taking to build self-reliance.

🌟 Meet Salome Chandra, A Story of Resilience and Hope 🌟 You can change the lives of refugees like Salome Chandra on #WorldRefugeeDay. Salome fled South Sudan's conflict with her six children, arriving in Uganda with almost nothing. Through the DREAMS program by

Congratulations to our partner, @VillageEnterprise, on this remarkable achievement! We're excited to see how they collaborate with the Gvmt. of #Rwanda to scale their #graduation model, equipping households to overcome #ExtremePoverty & become more #resilient to #ClimateChange.

Introducing the expert panel set to discuss “Digital Loans and Their Contribution to Last Mile Financial Inclusion” at the 2024 Digital & Financial Inclusion Summit | #DIAA2024 Moderator: Vivienne Iga Kikoni, Fintech Professional Panelists: 1. Emmanuel Oketa, Managing Director

"If policymakers, investors, and NGOs collaborate now, we can turn this into a moment of transformation." In Devex, Village Enterprise, Common Good Marketplace, & Moonshot Global highlight how outcome-based funding can drive greater efficiency & impact: bit.ly/41T746K

Uganda has launched the Graduation Community of Practice! 🎉 Together with World Vision Uganda, BRAC Uganda, AVSI Foundation Uganda, Mercy Corps - Uganda, & UNHCR Uganda, we’re uniting to support vulnerable households to escape extreme poverty by starting small businesses and savings groups.