Poverty Graduation CHALLENGE; Burundi
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Poverty Graduation Program
Learn more about the Poverty Graduation Challenge and why an evidence-based program that combines cash or asset transfers with mentorship and other forms of financial and social support helps graduate the ultra poor from poverty.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Wealth Village aims to break the cycle of poverty in rural Burundi through entrepreneurship.
The Wealth Village model ensures that the extremely poor individuals in the community, especially women, are empowered or enabled to graduate out of extreme poverty and achieve economic and social advancement through comprehensive business skills and financial literacy training, dedicated coaching and mentoring, and savings as well as social support.
The founding team is led by a passionate changemaker who grew up in a rural area, where access to basic needs was a daily struggle for many households. This firsthand experience inspired a lifelong commitment to addressing extreme poverty. Now a seasoned Monitoring and Evaluation specialist in the NGO sector, he brings data-driven strategies and community insight to create impactful, sustainable solutions.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Directly reach 30 women within three months
Provide tailored skills training, coaching, and routine mentoring to 30 women for effective management of their business ventures by the end of the pilot and create 15 savings groups.
Raise additional USD 50,000 from new donors within three months.
FOUNDING TEAM
Olivier Mukunzi - Founder and CEO