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In order to increase opportunities for more people
around the world to participate in the global
marketplace, we realize that vocational, skills-based
training which includes access to market linkages is
key.
To achieve this, Kearny Alliance is partnering with organizations focused
on strengthening business acumen and enhancing opportunities for export
trade thereby fostering economic independence.
Key areas of engagement are:
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The Export Service Centre (ESC)
Denpasar, Indonesia
ESC is the result of collaborative efforts between Kearny Alliance and
the International Finance Corporation’s SME division – the private sector
development arm of the World Bank. ESC’s mission is to create lasting jobs
by aiding low-income entrepreneurs to promote and facilitate export
development. This program encompasses training, marketing, linkages and
trade facilitation and seeks to assist entrepreneurs in overcoming the
barriers to global commerce.
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Digital Divide Data
Cambodia
Digital Divide Data (ddd), a social enterprise established in 2001,
creates jobs and educational opportunities—primarily for polio and landmine
victims, and trafficked women—by securing international, outsourced data
services contracts. This financially self-sustaining organization, managed
by local staff, provides its employees with above-average wages, technical
expertise, health care, tuition reimbursement, and career advancement. The
Kearny Alliance facilitated ddd’s expansion into rural Cambodia and Laos and
sponsored an MBA intern,
Savvy Him, to
assist with the opening of these offices.
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The Crafts Center
Artisan Entrepreneur Program
The Crafts Center, headquartered in Washington D. C., is a nonprofit
organization working in 55 countries to empower artisan entrepreneurs to
compete in the global marketplace and improve the quality of their lives.
Kearny Alliance has partnered with the
Crafts Center and the World
Bank's Small and Medium Enterprise Department to sponsor the development of
training curriculum for the Artisan Entrepreneur Training Program. This
module curriculum includes hands-on business instruction, market linkages to
expand global trade opportunities, and information and technology resources.
It is designed to support the transition of small businesses into
sustainable enterprises.
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Opportunity International
Microenterprise Development Program
For over 30 years, Opportunity
International (OI) has been an innovative leader among nonprofit
organizations in economic development and microenterprise creation. With
activities in 32 countries, OI works through indigenous partner
organizations that provide business loans, training and counsel. The result
is stronger communities and the creation of sustainable income and lasting
jobs for low-income entrepreneurs.
Kearny Alliance has joined other individuals and foundations in a China
urban microdevelopment program that encompasses loans, business training in
regional and potential export trade, and capacity building to stimulate the
growth of small businesses with low-income Chinese entrepreneurs.
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