Theory of Change
Blessed to Bless Organization (B2B) partners with associations of the unemployed youth, who are mostly high school and university
graduates and provides them with capacity building in business planning and management, as well as supporting them with financial
funding to establish small businesses.
Throughout the process, members of the associations create their own definition of the change they want to see for
themselves and identify how to attain and maintain that change.
The Business Modeling Facilitation Approach
(BFMA) is grounded on 3 supplementing pillars that are built among the beneficiaries through each stage of our partnership process,
to make them successful entrepreneurs. The pillars are: Self-Development, Saving and Business Creation.
Associations under the BMFA go through a wide range of capacity building sessions to build a strong group of young people working together
for a communal cause, to promote social cohesion and the spirit of belongingness, as well as to create confidence for members to assume
responsibilities and lead others through the principles of good leadership by holding their leaders accountable and responsive to demands and voices
of their colleagues.
Since the participants under the BMFA have low access to key resources and financing opportunities, they are facilitated to launch
a Saving and Loan Fund (SLF) for the beneficiaries to obtain loans that they often use to initiate individual income generating projects.
A training about Saving Scheme Management is provided for the members of partner associations to set criteria and bylaws governing the
association’s Saving and Loan Fund.
Finally, the beneficiaries of the BMFA are facilitated to embrace and grow a business mindset spirit, through
capacity building in goal setting, entrepreneurship, business planning and management.
They acknowledge the value of inclusive participation, as well as having greater ownership of their business.
Moreover, the associations see high percentages of empowered female business owners, as well as members of the associations
showing model for successful entrepreneurs in their communities. Depending on the association’s size and its business idea’s size,
it may obtain a grant ranging between USD 3,000 to USD 8,000 to start-up a communal business.
