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To help our young and vulnerable lactating mothers.
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Creating Greater Opportunities
WITH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
Miss Eastlands Social Entrepreneurship is all about making a positive impact. By working with pioneers and pathfinders who use their business as a way to make everyday life betterfor those who need it most, we strive towards a more equal and inclusive society.
For Better Everyday Lives
There are millions of people in slums and informal settlements of Nairobi’s Eastlands whose lives are a constant struggle to provide for themselves and their families. By backing and working with social entrepreneurs, we create new opportunities and contribute to better everyday lives around Eastlands.
Together with dedicated partners and experienced Miss Eastlands Organization’s co-workers, we develop programmes, products and services to scale up social entrepreneurs' businesses and increase their impact.
Different Kinds Of Partnerships
Partnerships
We team up with donors, corporates, business, individuals and like-minded stakeholders as well as community-based organizations to support established social entrepreneurs to increase their impact.
We collaborate with social entrepreneurs to produce unique items and develop services for Miss Eastlands Organization – that way we contribute to creating jobs for those who need it the most.
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR STORIES
Improving Young Mothers’ Living Conditions In Slums And Informal Settlements Of Nairobi’s Eastlands
One of the social entrepreneurs we collaborate with is Pamela Gatwiri of PAM NAIL LACQUE. Through her business Pam Nail Polish, she trains young and vulnerable lactating mothers who want to work in the beauty sector with the aim to learn, develop and practice as required by the market. The emphasis is put on the trainee to acquire the ability to perform as confident and competent beautician. There are thousands of young mothers in slums living in poor conditions which pose health risks.
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Our Focus Areas
Inclusion
Social entrepreneurs give people the opportunity to play an active part in society through jobs and income opportunities.
Equality
Social entrepreneurs business that look to change the situation for people not being treated equal, especially in status, rights and opportunities - allowing them to make a decent living.
Livelihood
With increased inclusion and equality comes a better change of dignified life, where people have the possibility to provide for themselves and their families in a sustainable way.
This Is How We Work
The Approach To Achieve Our Goals
Empowerment
We focus on empowerment of vulnerable and marginalised people and the support of social entrepreneurs and other partners. We believe this is the only way to contribute to significant and lasting change.
Innovation
We work with piloting and continuous innovation, both by finding new solutions with partners and supporting the activities of social entrepreneurs.
Lead By Example
We lead by what we do and by sharing our learnings to enable others to advance the social entrepreneurship agenda.
Co-Creation
By co-creating, we find new ways of working, discover synergies and encourage learning and sharing of competencies.
Trust
Building strong and long-lasting relationships internally and externally is crucial to maximise our outcome.
Transparency
We are open about both positive and negative experiences, learnings and results and strive to be clear about expectations, division of responsibilities and labour, and how to solve issues that we may encounter on the way, both internally and externally.
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We stand for empowering vulnerable youth and young at most risk lactating mothers across Eastlands’ slums and informal settlements to be the best they can be through leadership, talent, communication skills and smarts.
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