Capital Solution Women Income Generation Opportunities Initiative (WIGOI)

Siemens Stiftung collaborated with Capital Solutions Limited to launch the “Women Income Generation Opportunities Initiative” (WIGOI).This program offers specialized 360° educational solutions for young women (18-30 years) in semi-urban and rural areas, aiming to increase their income and employment options. This is a highly participatory programme that includes capacity building, face-to-face coaching and mentorship via site visits, personal and business profiling on all of our social media platforms, networking opportunities through the Social Entrepreneurship forum, and access to small debt capital through the Social Investment Fund.

In this call for applications, we are looking 100 young women from semi-urban, rural based young women, marginalized women including Refugees and PWDs among others to take a life changing experience through vocational and career skilling engagements through a rigorous experience involving:

• Personal Needs Assessment
• Capacity Building
• Career guidance/Mentorship
• Mid Evaluation
• Graduation/Post-training coaching

Eligibility:

Special consideration will be those focused in Climate change, Renewable Energy, Health, education and Agriculture. Our criteria for entry is as follows:

1. Comfortable with using digital tools.
2. Proficient in verbal and written English.
3. Able to regularly (at least bi-weekly) access the internet through a computer or smartphone.
4. Attend the planned in-person sessions

Click here to apply