SUCCESS BLOG
Connecting Hemispheres
Portugal. For a long time, Interweave Solutions has been focusing our efforts in many parts of Latin America and Africa, and we hadn’t seen as much growth in Europe and North America. However, we recently received a report from our Success Ambassador in Portugal with some fantastic updates about her progress there! Here is some of her exciting news!
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Look at all those Peppers!
Democratic Republic of the Congo. A group in the Congo has taken the 6P’s of the MBS program and created a business growing and selling peppers in their local market! As a reminder, the 6P’s are:
PLAN, PRODUCT, PROCESS, PRICE, PROMOTION, and PAPERWORK.
We love seeing the application of these principles around the world, moving people from poverty to prosperity.
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Moving along in Cameroon
Cameroon. We have seen exciting progress throughout the last couple months in Cameroon. Success Ambassador Medjo Olivier has been working to create partnerships with various ministries and is looking forward to receiving substantial sponsorship from the Department of Origin in the coming year! Just in the last few weeks, Medjo has started training new participants in addition to the official group he started in the middle of October.
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Connections Across Africa
Kenya. Jude Nwachukwu, a Success Ambassador from Liberia, recently met up with pastors from around Africa to attend a two week conference in Kenya. While there, he completed a 10-day MBS training for a participant who has since had his paperwork approved, received his MBS certificate and is working towards becoming our first Success Ambassador in Kenya.
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Graduation in the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Success Ambassadors in the Congo have been working hard and the fruits have finally been harvested! Here was a graduation of a group sponsored by the Canadian University of the Congo. There are two more groups preparing to graduate in the coming months and a new “Center for Autonomy and MBS Services,” which they created as part of the course in order to help spread the program to the community.
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Moving forward in Ecuador
Ecuador. Dean Curtis, co-founder of Interweave Solutions recently traveled to South America to celebrate two exciting MBS Graduations in Ecuador and Colombia. Over 50 people in these two countries received their MBS Certifications! Our Success Ambassadors have been working hard to facilitate the progress of these participants along the road to self-sufficiency.
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Teaming up with the Community
Guyana. The MBS program focuses on 3 areas in which we can improve: business, home, and community. Interweave Guyana recently partnered with the local police station and a local church to participate in a service project to improve street conditions and erect some new road signs. As an organization that strives to strengthen people in groups, we’ve seen that service projects like this serve to both strengthen the community and build bridges between different organizations, allowing us to work together for good.
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Interweave in Guyana
Berbice, Guyana. In 2014, Interweave Solutions partnered with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to provide business training to its members all over Guyana. A year later and after measurable success, Dr. Lynn Curtis and two Success Ambassadors presented the program to the First Lady of Guyana, who proceeded to make it a key part of her office’s agenda. Since then, Interweave’s Master of Business in the Streets program has grown and thrived throughout the country.
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Never Too Young: The youngest MBS participant
Ecuador. May Rodriguez became a Success Ambassador and brought along her 9 year-old daughter, Ghia, to all the classes she taught. After watching three different groups graduate, Ghia decided that she too wanted to take the class and start her own business. She is currently participating in her mom’s MBS class and completing all the requirements. She has started her business making and selling pillows and small stuffed animals.
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Sponsorship in Honduras
Honduras. We want to recognize and give a special thanks to this group of students from the Technological Institute of Business Administration in Choluteca. They form part of an MBS group led by Success Ambassador Jonathan Rodriguez. The group is sponsored by a deputy in the National Congress of Honduras. These young entrepreneurs demonstrate that with big dreams and support from both Interweave and local government leaders, there are no boundaries or limitations. Thanks for your great work!
Making Time for the Angels
Bolivia. Before she began the MBS program, Lydia Aguilar was trying to make a small business out of making and selling leather jackets to her neighbors, but ultimately she had no idea how to run a business. Now that she has taken and graduated from the MBS course, she organizes her successfully growing business well.
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Sweet Inspiration: A hobby to a thriving business
Ecuador. Maria Elena had always loved making desserts but because she never had experience she threw out more damaged dough than she baked. Then suddenly one day, the bread she was making turned out so well that her neighbors asked her if she sold it. She knew it was not a coincidence that in her next MBS class, they discussed the 6Ps of business. That very night, she set a price and determined to sell her product to the neighbors.
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Engage Now Africa!, THRIVEGulu, and Our Trip to Uganda
Uganda. ENGAGE NOW AFRICA! THRIVEGULU AND INTERWEAVE IN UGANDA
Co-founder of Interweave, Lynn Curtis, recently went on a trip of a lifetime to Uganda.
There were so many amazing things that happened during the trip, but here are some of the highlights.
Engage Now Africa
Uganda. 10–Year Partnership. Since 2008, Interweave has partnered with Engage Now Africa to end poverty. We worked with them in previous years in the greater Accra area to advance self-reliance for hundreds of unemployed families. Participants excelled at micro-businesses while also improving their homes and communities.
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Congratulations, Francky!
Cameroon. A NEW SUCCESS AMBASSADOR IN CAMEROON
It’s always exciting to see progress internationally. We continue to see other individuals around the world work hard to become Success Ambassadors for Interweave Solutions.
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The Story of Benin
Benin. In July of 2017, Mr. Kazotti Ifonti of Benin, Africa traveled to Ghana where he met our current Success Ambassador, Saida Zouzou. Mr. Kazotti learned about the Interweave Solutions MBS program and was immediately interested in bringing the program back to his home country. Back in Benin, he began the MBS program online. He began to invite other people from his personal network. Briac Afangnon and Isidore Odountan also began the MBS course online. The men all graduated successfully from the MBS program and went on to each receive their Success Ambassador Certificate.
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