Programs

  • Women's Candle Production Initiative

    IN 2013, NOT LONG AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, PCAT STARTED WORKING IN HAITI, BY PROVIDING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO 100 WOMEN IN CAP-HAITIAN AND LAUNCHING A WOMEN-LED CANDLE PRODUCTION AND EXPORT COMPANY CALLED FANM LIMYE (WOMEN ILLUMINATED), A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, WHICH IS 97% OWNED BY PROSPERITY CATALYST WITH EACH OF THE REMAINING SHARES OWNED BY TWO PCAT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FANM LIMYE IS ALSO REGISTERED IN HAITI AS A LOCAL NONPROFIT. IN JANUARY 2015, PCAT MOVED THE OPERATION TO PORT-AU-PRINCE (PAP), WHERE THERE WOULD BE EASIER AND CHEAPER ACCESS TO SUPPLIES AND TO BOTH LOCAL AND EXPORT MARKETS.THE GROUP OF WOMEN TRAINED IN CANDLE-MAKING IN PAP FOUND THAT THEIR PRODUCTION WAS HAMPERED BY HIGH QUALITY BEESWAX, SO PCAT DECIDED TO WORK WITH LOCAL BEEKEEPERS STARTING IN 2016. TO DATE, WE HAVE TRAINED 1,108 BEEKEEPERS, 62% WOMEN IN 5 COMMUNES OF THE WEST DEPARTMENT AND 3 COMMUNES OF NIPPES DEPARTMENT.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $176.9K

  • Economic Opportunities for Women in Iraq

    OUR WORK IN IRAQ HAS A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING AND PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD, WAR WIDOWS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND OTHER VULNERABLE WOMEN. IN 2013, PROSPERITY CATALYST LAUNCHED AN INNOVATIVE AND MARKET-DRIVEN MODEL IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ, WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR HUNDREDS OF IRAQI WOMEN. WE HAVE SUPPORTED OPERATIONS IN ERBIL, DOHUK, MOSUL, BAGHDAD, DHI QAR, MUTHANA, AND HILLA. TO DATE, WE HAVE PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING TO 1,695 IRAQI ARTISANS, 93% WOMEN; PROVIDED BUSINESS FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING TRAINING TO 909 ARTISANS, 92% WOMEN; AND PROVIDED BUSINESS EXPANSION OR START-UP KITS TO 142 ARTISAN BUSINESSES EMPLOYING 505 PEOPLE.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1.2M