29/06/2023
Call for Small Business Grants
Makaoteng Children, Youth and Women Development Centre (MCYWDC) is happy to launch small grants for small business ideas for funding of up to M500. This amount is tailored for Lesotho nationals who want to start small businesses or expand an already existing small business that has potential of generating profits every day.
Makaoteng Children, Youth and Women Development Centre (MCYWDC) is an NGO registered in Lesotho in May 2023 as per the Law Office of Lesotho. Its objectives are to combat gender-based violence and women trafficking by creating socio-economic opportunities for women to be economically independent, to eradicate unemployment especially among youth through sustainable projects, to establish educational opportunities for vulnerable children, to facilitate counselling support for women who are victims of abuse and vulnerable children, to sensitize the community about gender-based violence through different media platforms, to give male perpetrators of gender-based violence an opportunity to talk out and rectify their mistakes and to groom young men to be better male figures in a bid to address gender-based violence directed to women.
Selection Criteria:
• Youth between the ages of 18 and 35
• Lesotho nationals
• Sales-driven
• Innovative
• Profit generating daily
MCYWDC believes that no matter how small the contribution is, to someone else it can make a difference…Ideas can be sent to [email protected]
Deadline: 21st July 2023
