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Village Enterprise
Founded	1987
Focus	Economic development
Location	San Carlos, California, US;
Area served	Africa
Method	Graduation Approach
Key people	Dianne Calvi (CEO); Katie Boland (Chair of the Board of Directors); Brian Lehnen (Co-founder); Joan Hestenes (Co-founder);
Staff	440+
Website	www.villageenterprise.org

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Village Enterprise is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that equips women, refugees, and youth living in extreme poverty to launch climate-smart businesses and saving groups in Africa. Locally-led and community-based, it equips these populations to adapt to the shocks of drought, climate change, displacement, and conflict. Its mission is to “end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action.”^[1]

As of December 2023, Village Enterprise has started over 80,000 businesses, trained over 274,000 first-time entrepreneurs, and positively impacted the lives of over 1,656,000 people in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Mozambique, and Tanzania.^[2]

^ "2023 Annual Report | Village Enterprise". 2023annualreport.villageenterprise.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Refugees fleeing Somali civil war receive grants, training, and market access to become entrepreneurs". Village Enterprise. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

[1] "2023 Annual Report | Village Enterprise". 2023annualreport.villageenterprise.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

[2] "Refugees fleeing Somali civil war receive grants, training, and market access to become entrepreneurs". Village Enterprise. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

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Founded	1987 (1987)
Focus	Economic development
Location	San Carlos, California, US
Area served	Africa
Method	Graduation Approach
Key people	Dianne Calvi (CEO) Katie Boland (Chair of the Board of Directors) Brian Lehnen (Co-founder) Joan Hestenes (Co-founder)
Staff	440+
Website	www.villageenterprise.org