WRI Oxfam

1. Women's Ventures
Institute
Alexis Coppola, Anna Hajduk, Amihan
Jones, Claudia Langford, Caitlin McColloch

2. Context - The Girl Effect in Kenya
Vulnerability is a driver of women to enter the
world of sex trafficking
Education does not guarantee a job, especially
for women

3. Our Big Idea
A technical school model for women that
collaborates with the local businesses and
organizations to train women through
experiential learning to fulfill community
needs through innovative markets.

4. Meet Jane
we gonna say
anything, or no?

5. Jane's Experience

6. Program Overview
3 Year Pilot Program in 2 locations:










Rural Urban
1 Year: Needs assessment; teacher
recruitment/training; student recruitment

2 year degree program

7. Program Overview (cont.)

●Faculty
○A majority being local Kenyan women educators and
practitioners
●Curriculum Development
○Multi-track options (e.g.New Ventures through Gender
Justice, IT, agricultural sustainability)
○8 Hours a week and Internship
●Internship
○Corresponds with WRI's New Venture Program or
Vulnerability and Adaptation Project

8. Exit Strategy
●Continual Teaching Opportunities
○Girls trained
●Sustained Funding
○Sliding scale
○Visiting students
●Long-term Economic Opportunities
○Venture seed money

9. Capitalizing our Assets
- Grassroots
campaigns
- Networks and
Partnerships with
CBOs, NGOs, INGOs
and governments
- Local capacity
development
- Supports Innovative
Markets
- Projects that reduce
vulnerability and increase
adaptability
- Efforts focused on
environmental
sustainability

10. Thank You!