As I turn the corner at the bottom of a hilly dirt road, I see a white tent on the right-hand side. It stands tall and sturdy and is ready…
In May of 2017, Anik Singal reached out to Village Enterprise with a generous offer to “Fund-a-Village” out of extreme poverty for $25,000. How one might reasonably ask, is this…
I grew up in unimaginable circumstances of poverty, disease, and scarcity. My family of ten lived for the moment, and meal times could be compared to a silent battle for…
We’re obsessed with innovation. We love new stuff, fresh approaches, ground breaking solutions. When we think “innovation”, we tend to think of finished products. The iPhone. The lightbulb. But all…
The first time I met Fiona, one of Village Enterprise’s business mentors, she was wearing a blue dress and projected an air of sweetness mixed with timidity. We were gathered…
It was an early Wednesday morning in September when Anthony Enabu, a Field Associate for our youth program picked me up on his motorbike and we began the long, dusty…
The clouds in the dark Kenyan skies quickly gather, followed by loud thunder that rumbles and booms. The rain will begin pouring down any minute. We hurry through our Monday…
It’s my first day in the field. I’ve been imagining this moment for a few weeks now in preparation for my move to Uganda as the new resident storyteller for…
One busy Friday afternoon my to-do list was growing by the minute. Check in on our contract with the hotel. Could they do a barbeque the last night? Which car…
In the 30 years since Village Enterprise was founded, a lot has changed. Our program has grown tremendously in both scale and nuance. We’ve embraced innovative digital solutions for data…