This past August, thanks to the support of the UBS Optimus Foundation, Street Business School (SBS) hosted 18 staff members from seven new partner organizations for an immersive workshop experience in Limuru, Kenya. Over the course of eight days, these organizations engaged with one another...
The power of the SBS curriculum lies in its ability to be adapted to fit many different contexts, working with our partners’ programming to support a wide range of people, places, and needs. This coming February, SBS will be proud to host a workshop for...
The United Nations General Assembly meets in New York City this month at the midpoint of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The sweeping development agenda calls for lofty objectives like eradicating poverty, ending hunger and achieving gender equality worldwide. But progress toward the goals...
As part of our Street Business School community, you may know Agnes "Aggie" Oyella. She is an engaging, dynamic woman, who has been an important part of SBS and BeadforLife for many years. Now, Aggie would like to share her story with you. ...
Mebra has emerged as a beacon of hope and inspiration for women in her community. Formerly a farmer, Mebra was recruited to join the SBS training program as a trainer and subsequently embarked on an entrepreneurial journey that defied her initial expectations, quadrupling her income...
Norine had never considered owning a business before joining an SBS training program. As she learned, she realized all the opportunities she was missing. "I am proud of myself for how much I have grown because I can now pay for my children's school fees...
As a loving mother, Vida could not leave her partner, even though he beat and raped her. She relied on his income to care and provide for her sick child. Since attending SBS through Activate Action, Vida opened a roadside stand making and selling snacks....
Margret is a cheerful 57-year-old woman with a charismatic personality. Prior to joining SBS' entrepreneurial training, life was not easy for Margret. She worked hard to raise her five grandchildren after her two sons passed away. With no regular income, Margret depended on subsistence farming...
Street Business School is on a mission to stamp out extreme poverty by lifting up a new generation of business entrepreneurs, and we aren’t doing it alone. We coach NGOs to use our ready-to-deliver social entrepreneurship training program to help those they serve build confidence...
By Devin Hibbard It’s not as easy to define social entrepreneurship as you might think. Social enterprises can be for-profit or non-profit, big or small, multinational or hyper-local. But all social enterprises and social entrepreneurs all have a few things in common: They apply market-driven principles...
