Partnering with Capital Group
Empowering young women
with Capital Group
Capital Group, the investment management firm has supported Plan International since 2005, funding projects that help children and young people to fulfil their potential.
In 2014, Capital Group supported an economic empowerment project in El Salvador, helping young women at risk of exploitation to access vocation training and business skills.
The company are currently helping to support 275 young women to become teachers in Sierra Leone, not only improving their livelihood prospects, but also making a positive impact on the girls they teach.
A Chance to Start My Own Business
Lucely is 21 and was selected to enrol in the vocational training programme in El Salvador. She took a course in baking, building on the skills taught to her by her mother.
“I learned how to make pastries and bread buns. I also gained skills in managing my business, and how to calculate production costs, and the most important thing, how to establish a market for my product.”
Lucely was provided with capital to kick-start her business plan. She now bakes pastries and bread at home and sells them to local stores and markets. “Now that I have my own business, I feel I am capable of solving my own problems.”