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The Color of Indego: Empowering Women in Rwanda
(4.80 out of 5)Posted by: Indego Africa
Posted on: February 14, 2010
Posted in: Africa, Education, Fair Trade, Genocide, Global Poverty, Micro-Documentary, Nonprofit Video, Social Entrepreneurship, Video
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Travel with Founder Matt Mitro, Senior VP Ben Stone, and the remarkable women of Rwanda as they discuss the empowering approach of Indego Africa, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise devoted to helping artisans lift themselves out of poverty. Indego Africa – which stands for INdependence, DEvelopment, and GOvernance – partners with cooperatives of world-class artisans in Rwanda, composed entirely of women, and sells their fair trade handicrafts at high-end retailers across the U.S. and on its WebStore. Indego Africa then applies 100% of profits and other grants or donations to its long-term skills training programs in financial management, entrepreneurship, literacy, and computers – which are administered by Rwanda’s top university students. Indego Africa is a member of the Fair Trade Federation and the subject of a Harvard Business School case study.
