Widows Mite Network
Empowering communities of widows through collectively owned enterprises that create sustainable income and health coverage for widows and their dependents.
Program Vision
Economic independence begins with latent potential. We partner with widows to establish homegrown, resilient-sized community-owned businesses—from greenhouses to mini rice mills. We recognize and harness collective resilience, lived wisdom, and shared determination to build widow-led Co-operatives that generate lasting prosperity. Together, we help widows unlock their God-given potential, generate sustainable income; so that they become architects of their own flourishing and their families' security. Their resilience becomes the foundation for collective community prosperity.
Program Objectives
Establish 3 community-owned businesses led by widows, generating sustainable income for 100+ widow-led families
Our Interventions
Widows' Cohorts receive access to startup capital, equipment, and training and handholding for managing their Cooperatives. We help peer learning networks where cohorts share best practices and support each other through launch and scaling. In all, we work to ensure that the Cooperative ownership model keeps wealth within the community. Also, health coverage is extended to widows and all registered dependents; Business types are tailored to local market opportunities and skills and peer networks connect widow cooperatives across geographies
Program Overview
Expand to 12 active widow-led enterprises across five regions, creating direct employment for 1,000+ people and establishing three regional cooperative networks
Scale to 100 thriving widow-led Mini-Corporations serving as models of economic empowerment