Odiira is a joyful mother of three who persevered through many challenges. After participating in a Street Business School training, Odiira gained the skills and, most importantly for her, the confidence to start a microbusiness in her community. ...
As an organization, standing for human dignity and social justice is one of our core values. Co-Founder Torkin Wakefield shares why for SBS, this means that everyone, regardless of who they are, has the right to live a life of dignity, pride, and possibility, and...
With a struggling global economy and an increase in poverty for the first time in decades, the need for proven economic solutions is greater than ever. We at Street Business School champion small business ownership as a way for people of all backgrounds and education...
In the last two years, the pandemic has strained every aspect of operations for organizations in the social sector. Nonprofit organizations (NGOs) saw drops in funding, higher costs for goods and services, and a simultaneous increase in need in their communities. As the pandemic enters...
“There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.” –W.E.B Dubois! Coach Hadijjah Namuwaya is a determined mother of four. She grew up with her grandmother in Namagabi in the outskirts of Kayunga, but when she became pregnant during her last year of high...
"Written by Torkin Wakefield Street Business School leads with its #1 value — love. We intentionally bring respect and acknowledgement to everyone in our SBS family, including our trainees, our partners, our staff, and our supporters."...
Phionah Ayebare, a joyful young mother of two daughters, is known by friends and family in Mbale as “Mayi Scrap.” Mayi Scrap, loosely translated as “Mother Scrap,” is a name she recently earned when she started a successful scrap plastic recycling business in her community. Previously,...
"Written by Torkin Wakefield Street Business School leads with its #1 value — love. We intentionally bring respect and acknowledgement to everyone in our SBS family, including our trainees, our partners, our staff, and our supporters."...
A sea change is brewing within the global development community. Calls are rising for systems of foreign aid to transform from a Eurocentric approach rooted in colonialism to a new partnership-driven model that puts local leaders at the center of solving problems in their own...
Conversations around gender inequality and gender bias have fueled the important work of Street Business School and the global SBS network of partners, supporters and graduates. International Women's Day 2022 (IWD) had a primary goal of breaking gender stereotypes by shining light on those who...
Conversations around racial justice continue to extend into the global development community, and as Street Business School CEO Devin Hibbard observed last summer, “frankly it’s about time.” For far too long, nearly all foreign development aid has gone to international organizations based in wealthy countries,...
Exploring the connection between empowering women and climate change. -Devin Hibbard, Founder, Street Business School If you know me, you know I’m passionate about women's economic empowerment. In a recent conversation with several people, one man politely told me that, while I was doing good work, his...
