About –Fire Starter
The Firestarter Project is a flagship Sensi grant-making project, designed to contribute to the generation of employment opportunities for young people while building critical modern skills and capabilities and building institutions that can support employment in the long-term.
This project narrative for Firestarter supports our proposal and provides additional details of the project, including a detailed statement of problem, objectives and goals, methods, processes, outcomes, deliverables, and evaluation. Our narrative explains the connections between our project objectives, the problem we are trying to solve, our methodologies, and expected outcomes.
Our – Mission
Our intent with this fund is to improve the way organizations that are working in the area of youth development make strategic decisions about where to invest. Our strategy is to support programs and initiatives that can reach and impact the lives of young people.
We are particularly focused on organizations that provide young people with the most effective response to the issues they face in the areas of unemployment, entrepreneurship, empowerment, and advocacy.
About –Fire Starter
The Firestarter Project is a flagship Sensi grant-making project, designed to contribute to the generation of employment opportunities for young people while building critical modern skills and capabilities and building institutions that can support employment in the long-term.
This project narrative for Firestarter supports our proposal and provides additional details of the project, including a detailed statement of problem, objectives and goals, methods, processes, outcomes, deliverables, and evaluation. Our narrative explains the connections between our project objectives, the problem we are trying to solve, our methodologies, and expected outcomes.
Our – Mission
Our intent with this fund is to improve the way organizations that are working in the area of youth development make strategic decisions about where to invest. Our strategy is to support programs and initiatives that can reach and impact the lives of young people.
We are particularly focused on organizations that provide young people with the most effective response to the issues they face in the areas of unemployment, entrepreneurship, empowerment, and advocacy.
THE – ENVIRONMENT
THE – ENVIRONMENT
Fragile economy, low innovation capacity, limited access to information about entrepreneurship, extremely high levels of youth unemployment and concomitant vulnerability reduced the focus on economic development.
Fragile economy, low innovation capacity, limited access to information about entrepreneurship, extremely high levels of youth unemployment and concomitant vulnerability reduced the focus on economic development.
Limited access to resources (including investment capital and skills shortfalls), for collaboration and growth for CBOs, entrepreneurs and local associations.
- identify organizations eligible for Fire Starter funding
- Support grantees in the administration of grants
- Provide access to local and international mentors
- A more innovative and efficacious community of CBOs social entrepreneurs, and local job creators in Sierra Leone
- The development of a network of social entrepreneurs and mentors
- Better access to capital for startup entrepreneurs
- Better access to vocational training for young people
- Improved access to ICT facilities and skills training resources
- To create an information sharing environment for CBOs working on social entrepreneurship and innovation
An innovation industry that focuses on solving problems in society, with a view to contributing to the wider economic development
Limited access to resources (including investment capital and skills shortfalls), for collaboration and growth for CBOs, entrepreneurs and local associations.
- identify organizations eligible for Fire Starter funding
- Support grantees in the administration of grants
- Provide access to local and international mentors
- A more innovative and efficacious community of CBOs social entrepreneurs, and local job creators in Sierra Leone
- The development of a network of social entrepreneurs and mentors
- Better access to capital for startup entrepreneurs
- Better access to vocational training for young people
- Improved access to ICT facilities and skills training resources
- To create an information sharing environment for CBOs working on social entrepreneurship and innovation
An innovation industry that focuses on solving problems in society, with a view to contributing to the wider economic development
INITIATIVES
WE HAVE SUPPORTED
