Double Your Impact: New Gift Matching Campaign!

I'm proud to announce the launch of Indego Africa's 2009 Entrepreneurship Gift Matching Campaign! Through the generosity of several anonymous donors, every dollar up to $10,000 donated to Indego Africa by December 31 will be matched one-to-one and invested in the new Indego Africa Entrepreneurship Program (IAEP) in Rwanda. The IAEP strives to transform our cooperative partners into business-savvy and confident entrepreneurs through training in a range of skills, from business planning and accounting to pricing and marketing. If you've been considering a year-end donation, this is the perfect opportunity to both double your gift and launch a ground-breaking program.

Remarkable women are at the very foundation of Indego Africa. This Matching Campaign is inspired by the memory of Olga Mitro, my Grandmother, one of Indego Africa’s original and biggest supporters. While her story is similar to those of the women in our cooperatives (see below), as a hard-working and talented American, she had the opportunity to overcome her life’s obstacles. In her honor and with your help, Indego Africa will help deliver the same opportunities to women in Rwanda.

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Thank you for your support!

- Matt

*Olga Mitro always found a way to share some of her meager income

to help support Indego Africa's activities. An entrepreneur in her own right, Olga was raised in the rural U.S. without electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing. She spent her childhood days fetching water for the family and attending a rudimentary one-room grammar school, even learning to sew on a manual foot-powered sewing machine (like those at Cocoki). At age 14, she was forced to drop out of school and find a job cooking for others in order to support her family. Her lifetime of hard work, sacrifice and determination eventually paid off for her own children and grandchildren who were able to go to college and lead very successful lives.