Starting & Growing Your Business
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Main Distinctive:
start and grow a business
moderate literacy -
Program Length:
20 sessions
12 month program, including loan repayment -
Target Students:Older teen girls or adult women
May be abandoned, abused, rescued, aging out of orphanage -
Suggested Student Education Level:Elementary education, basic literacy
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Business Status:Does not have a small business or business plan
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Savings:Portion of loan money is set aside to begin a savings account
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HOPE Loans:Offered by HOPE and assumed in curriculum
8 Pre-Qualification sessions required to apply
Participants responsible for one another’s loan repayment
Growing Your Business
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Main Distinctive:
grow an existing business
low-level literacy -
Program Length:
16 sessions
12 month program, including loan repayment -
Target Students:Adult women
May be hopeless, discouraged, lonely -
Suggested Student Education Level:Illiterate or low-level literacy
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Business Status:Has a small business started
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Savings:Modest savings required
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HOPE Loans:Offered by HOPE and assumed in curriculum
4 Pre-Qualification sessions required to apply
Participants responsible for one another’s loan repayment
School Edition
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Main Distinctive:secondary school classroom setting
boys, girls, or a mixed group -
Program Length:16 sessions
can be divided or extended to fit a school term -
Target Students:Older teen boys and girls
Students transitioning from school to the workplace -
Suggested Student Education Level:Elementary education, basic literacy
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Business Status:Does not have a small business or business plan
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Savings:NA
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HOPE Loans:Not included