My dear non-french speakers
We are aware that the "langue de Molière", as much beautiful as it is, is not understood by everyone. So no worries, we got you covered ! We spare you the nightmare of Google translating, and gathered here the most relevant information to get what is Impact Mama, its vision and its mission.
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Impact Mama's vision and values
Impact Mama's vision is that every woman can be an entrepreneur wherever she is. The values developed within Impact Mama are honesty, open-mindedness and continuous learning.
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HONESTY : Impact Mama works with complete honesty with its beneficiaries, clients, partners and financiers. Sincerity and consistency, respect for the values of justice and equity are cultivated by all team members.
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OPEN-MINDEDNESS : Impact Mama is an open-minded company, open to others, to their potential, to their cultures. Respect for the ideas and opinions of others is valued within the company. Creativity is encouraged and this allows interaction in a more qualitative way with the people met.
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CONTINUOUS LEARNING : Impact mama is a learning company, where the acquisition of new knowledge is at the center of its action for both employees and beneficiaries. IM is an agile company that modifies its proposals with each new learning process to make them more adapted to the market.
The Impact Mama touch
The foundations of our practice are the following:
HUMAN DESIGN
Adaptation of the modules according to the geographical area and the participating women.
Adaptation of the modules according to the geographical area and the participating women: economic specificities, demography, family situation... A diagnostic mission of the targeted area is included to determine the women knowledge level as long as their way of living in order to adapt the modules and the knowledge worked on.
LEARNING BY DOING
Learning by doing methodology
This method consists of training by doing. It allows the learner to be an actor in his or her own learning and to develop skills under real conditions. Action has in fact a positive impact on memorization. Thus, the program is mainly composed of games, particularly a business game where women are in charge of managing a micro-business.
WELL-BEING
Participants and trainers well-being
It has been proven that promoting the well-being of the learner is one of the conditions for educational success. From the first day of training, circles of trust are set up which leaves room for the participants to express themselves freely. The aim is to make women realize that they are going through the same difficulties and by working together they will be able to find solutions to their problems. Shared singing and dancing are constantly organized at the end of each training day.
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility of the training so that a maximum number of women participate
Due to its specific pedagogy, the training is accessible without any reading and writing prerequisites. It is adapted to women's schedules as well at times and on days when they are usually available. It is directly delivered in the women's locality to reduce the "transport time" barrier. Finally, the training language is the local language.
LOCAL IMPACT
Valorization of local resources
Impact Mama is based on the human resources of the localities where the programs take place. Training sessions are rolled out by local trainers who have been trained with the IM (Impact Mama) tools and philosophy.
ENVIRONMENT
Ecological footprint limitation
Impact Mama is concerned about its environmental impact. All the training courses have consequently a limited carbon footprint: no paper waste, no need for the participants to use transportation to come to the training sessions ( since we go directly to them), reusable material, training that can be carried out without energy sources...
Impact Mama modules
At Impact Mama, women from rural areas pay a symbolic fee to join the modules. It is our clients: NGOs, public authorities, responsible companies, committed citizens who pay their expenses.
Initiation to entrepreneurship module
Objective: Assimilate key concepts such as costing, market research, sales approaches, product marketing, etc.
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Group : 20 to 25 women
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Training days : 4
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Price in Senegal (for example) : 50 000 FCFA/participant
(Adjusted according to the client's request and the country of operation)
Financial education module
Objective : Budget management, cost calculation, price setting, approaches to banking institutions...etc.
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Group : 20 to 25 women
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Training days : 3
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Price on request, adjustable according to the client's request and the country of operation.
Leadership module
Objective : Deconstruct the idea of the hero leader to better appreciate the leadership qualities existing in each participants. The aim is then to associate them to create co-leaderships or collective leadership for entrepreneurial projects.
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Group : 20 to 25 women
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Training days : 3
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Price on request, adjustable according to the client's request and the country of operation.
Project development module
Objective : Support women or groups of women who already have an activity project to secure their budget, develop their offer and identify their clients.
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Group : 20 women
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Training days : 5
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Price on request, adjustable according to the client's request and the country of operation.
Project support module
Objective : Support women's businesses or groups of women in their daily life. Help with budget management, stabilization of the activity, research of new customers, strategy...etc.
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Group : 20 women
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Training days : 5 ( and 6 months of follow-up)
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Price on request, adjustable according to the client's request and the country of operation.
Training instructors module
Objective: Train instructors in Impact Mama's methodology to deliver the modules.
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Group : 8 to 15 trainers.
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Duration and price set according to the needs of the clients and the country of operation.