Local Organizations

We empower women through skill training, psychosocial support and job placement programs to become financially and emotionally independent.

We work with extraordinary women between the ages of 18 – 55, living in marginalized areas, them and their families surviving on a total monthly income averaging $60. They live in cycles of poverty and violence (physical, psychological and financial). Often, they have not finished secondary school and have little or no work experience. They have started small informal businesses to make ends meet or are looking to get jobs. We support them with courses and psychosocial support that help them develop the practical and soft-skills they need to get a job or grow their small business.

We run 2 programs:

1. XtraOrdinary Job skills Training: empowering women between the ages of 18 and 35 looking to transition into the workplace; often for the first time or after long periods of unemployment.
2. Bootcamp for XtraOrdinary Entrepreneurs: supporting base of the pyramid female entrepreneurs, between the ages of 18 – 55, sometimes older, to build sustainable and stable incomes with their informal businesses.

Both programs implement different training and learning processes in areas such as self-esteem, assertive communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, life planning and finance management. Aimed at the development of self-reflective actions that empower our beneficiaries with the tools they need to achieve financial and emotional independence and therefore be able to take the decisions to move away from poverty and violence.

We have a three-pronged approach to teaching: in groups, online and one-to-one. Women in disadvantage are struggling to make ends meet and they need more help than just a course. They need to have a support team behind them. That’s us! We support our beneficiaries every step of the way. Our programmes are intense; they come with homework, meetings and one-to-one mentoring, but it works.

To date supported over 1000 women.

Raised over $1,000,000

95% of graduate from our “XtraOrdinary Job Skills Training” program remain in employment 5 years on.

85% of graduates from the “Bootcamp for XtraOrdinary Entreprenurs” triple their income in 6 months.