Hope International Center (HIC)
The Mission of the Hope Hughes Pressman & Diana Birdzell International Center’s—also known as the Hope International Center—is to foster diversity and combat division by bringing people together through cultural, educational, and technical exchanges. While implementing this mission, the Center provides entrepreneurship training, small business development, financial literacy capacity building, basic Human Rights educational courses, and business mentoring for rural women and youth, addicted drug users, prisoners, refugees, and immigrants. The intent of these programs is to foster self-reliance, mitigate national and international migration of youth, and reduce intra-family and intra-community violence. Hope International Centers are implemented in Africa, Europe, in the United States and Asia.
United States-Africa Affordable Housing & Entrepreneurship
To address the housing challenges for minorities in the US and the challenge of urbanization in Africa, SE-Intl has embarked on a “Cost of Home” advocacy campaign to reduce the cost of and avail provide communities in rural, sub-urban, and urban centers in Africa and in the United States with well-designed and affordable housing. This campaign will be informed and aided through the United States-Africa Housing Technical exchange, which evaluates housing policy and creates private and public sector partnerships to craft solutions to these challenges.
Reintegration & Second Chance Center
To improve the quality of life of inmates and ex-prisoners, both in the United States and Africa, the Center provides citizenship and human rights education, entrepreneurship development, financial literacy and marketing skills, and SMEs development empowerment. This support includes skills training, coaching, professional mentoring, and the promotion of community involvement in efforts to re-integrate inmates into the community through the establishment of strategic partnerships with the government, the private sector, NGOs, and the community and local stakeholders.
Center For A Renewable Green Africa
SE Intl’s contribution to the fight against climate change is through the support of local youth environment entrepreneurs, innovative solutions to improve cooking techniques to reduce pollutants, the planting of trees, and the use of renewable energy. This support is manifested in a comprehensive approach that includes technology development aid and advocacy campaigns to create behavioral changes in the environment, natural resource, and energy management.
SE International Entrepreneurship Consulting and Learning Center
To improve, the management of the medium and small sized businesses and enterprises in rural and Urban areas in the United States and Africa
Water Sanitation Hygiene Everywhere (WASH-Everywhere)
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. WASH is an important area of focus for organizations and governments, particularly in developing countries, to ensure that people have access to clean water, proper sanitation facilities, and good hygiene practices. These are essential components of a healthy and sustainable community, as they can help prevent the spread of disease and improve overall quality of life. The provision of WASH services and infrastructure often requires collaboration and coordination among various stakeholders, including policymakers, donors, NGOs, and local communities.
African Kids and Teenagers Library
SE International, through the African Kids and Teenagers Library projects in Africa aims to reorient youngsters on the availability and use of knowledge to improve their reading and writing abilities. By using this strategy, knowledgeable individuals and volunteers are hired to assist kids, mentor them, and most importantly, teach them how to acquire and assess information. Additionally, libraries offer a wide range of activities and programs to help kids learn about reading, information literacy, digital literacy and mentorship on how to become good citizen, manage their basic health needs and financial and business literacy.
African Alumni Associates’ Groups
Alumni groups have the potential to transform society as they offer networks within which peers can exchange ideas and learn from each other. If they are well organized and well-coordinated, they have the potential to significantly influence the education sector, aid in job creation and contribute to policy discourse. While in many parts of Africa alumni groups such as High school, college and university alumni groups exist, they do not exist in others. Moreover, only a few of the existing ones have been able to create a difference in society as most are neither fully functional nor lack a clear leadership. It is against this backdrop that the Social Entrepreneurs International, through its Africa Alumni Association Advocate Group, seeks to strengthen existing Alumni groups across Africa and help establish them where they do not exist
REPONGD
Network of Professional NGOs for Sustainable Development in Africa
Réseau des NGOs pour le Développements en Afrique
REPONGD strives to build the capacity of local and national NGOs working in consortium in project management (design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation), fundraising, leadership, good governance, and transparency, as well as in information and communication technology, innovation, social entrepreneurship development, and knowledge management. REPONGD also strives for the development of innovative technology, sharing of experiences, and the development of partnerships between REPONGD and private institutions, the public sector, and donors. REPONGD OBJECTIVES •To help build local NGOs in consortiums in Africa so they could effectively share experience, and lessons , share knowledge and meager resources at their disposal to help them implement effectively together or individually their projects . •Train local NGOs leaders and senior staff in Entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises development •Strengthen the capacity of local and national NGOs in project management (planning, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation), fundraising strategies, human resource management, good governance, leadership, advocacy, and lobbying. •Promote good governance, good practices, and sharing of experiences on lessons learned among REPONGD members and partners via seminars, workshops, newsletters, and discussions principally on socio-economic-development challenges, accountability, and transparency. •Develop and launch rural radio programs to educate entrepreneurs, women, and youth on issues that are in their interest, such as the economy, family development, gender, women and children's rights, reproductive health, sanitation, hygiene and environment, and child labor. •Train NGO leaders in advocacy and lobbying. •Promote social entrepreneurship through strong and effective partnership among REPONGD, local partners, and entrepreneurs. •Promote behavioral change in the management of physical and financial assets, the communal spirit of citizenship, and volunteerism for local development. •Train NGO leaders and staff and encourage the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). •Promote small- and medium-size entrepreneurs' (SMEs') capacity building and support.
