Mission
To end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation
Vision
A world free of extreme poverty, where people have the economic means to sustain their families
Values
Ubuntu
We serve people living in extreme poverty with respect, empathy and dignity regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion or education level, and value our common humanity.
Passion
We believe passionately in our mission and the ability of people living in extreme poverty to improve their lives.
Integrity
We operate with the highest levels of integrity and trustworthiness.
Commitment
We are committed to assessing and evaluating our programs to ensure that they reduce poverty and create sustainable businesses.
Openness
We respect the ideas and opinions of others and insist upon transparency in both our internal and external communication.
Innovation
We value innovation as a means to reduce poverty and treat new ideas, new technologies and new partners as opportunities to grow our impact.
Sustainability
We are committed to ensuring that our businesses and our organization are sustainable in the long-term.
Theory of Change
“A theory of change is an expression of the sequence of cause-and-effect actions or occurrences by which organizational and financial resources are assumed to be converted into the desired social results. It provides a conceptual road map for how an organization expects to achieve its intended impact and is often displayed in a diagram. A framework built around concepts of activities, inputs, outputs, outcomes, and impacts is called a logic model.”
– The Bridgespan Group
Collaborating to Accelerate Social Impact
Village Enterprise Theory of Change
Problem
The extreme poor lack business skills and financial literacy as well as access to capital, financial institutions, and markets. Thus, current opportunities for income generating options are scarce.
Solution
Village Enterprise can provide a Graduation program that encompasses business training and mentoring, savings group training and mentoring, financial literacy training and mentoring and a seed capital grant.
Outputs
If the trainings and grant are provided to the communities, then the businesses will be formed, savings groups will be created, and business owners will have the knowledge to run the businesses.
Outcomes
If business owners run successful businesses and form successful savings groups, then incomes and savings available for households needs will increase.
Goal
If household expenditures increase to meet daily needs, then standards of living will increase.
“We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule, and where all children have the same chance to thrive, no matter where they’re born. For those of us who believe in the value of every human life, there isn’t any more inspiring work under way in the world today.”
Bill Gates