LaunchME is a free initiative which gives people the opportunity to develop, finance and launch their own business. Participants work alongside other community members to create their business ideas with support from experts in the field. It is not a one-size-fits-all approach: the program is tailored to the needs of each participant.
The LaunchME program includes coaching, mentoring, business planning, building skills and networks as well as a microenterprise loan to help participants get their business up and running.
There are four programs:
To be eligible applicants must:
To be eligible, applicants must:
Supported by:
Australian Government Department of Social Services
The success of Good Shepherd Microfinance in Australia has been harnessed to boost a new program helping Central Americans pull themselves out of poverty.
The Good Shepherd program called Solidarity for Financial Inclusion is operating in Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, where 60 per cent of households live in poverty and more than half of them in extreme poverty.