Program in Support of the Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (“wPOWER”)

Quarterly E- newsletter Issue no 3 March 2014

Editorial

The US Department of State launched the Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (“wPOWER”) in January 2013. wPOWER aims to empower more than 8,000 women clean energy entrepreneurs across Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria and India who will deliver clean energy access to more than 3.5 million people over the next three years. CARE is a wPOWER partner working to ensure sustainability in the long run, by having he private sector manage the entire distribution chain all the way to the end user. To this end, in each of the three countries of intervention (Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda), CARE has entered in partnership with a network of private sector clean energy suppliers of solar lights and clean cookstoves that work with franchisees, Community-Based Trainers (CBTs) and sales agents (village agents (VAs) and women entrepreneurs. In this model, suppliers are instrumental in providing training on clean energy technologies, sales and marketing techniques. This allows delivering quality and affordable solar lighting and clean cook stove product inventories for wPOWER’s women energy entrepreneurs to launch and sustain their micro-enterprises. Suppliers also support promotional and marketing activities. They therefore play a critical role in managing the value chain from capital cities to the rural centers where wPOWER entrepreneurs fill the “last mile” gap and sell the clean technologies to rural people. Recently, the wPOWER team asked these firms to provide honest feedback about the added value of the wPOWER project for their business growth. This newsletter will focus on their responses and highlight some of the innovative solutions they’ve developed such as: opening a wider market in using the network of schools teachers, ensuring after sale services through ''sales platforms' in Kenya, tackling logistical and cost barriers through the creation of ‘Hubs’ for distribution in Tanzania. In addition, do not miss our review of key success stories of consumers and best performing wPOWER entrepreneurs, “Super Stars”, in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. Finally, we are also pleased to share with you our most recent project achievements. Happy reading!! Lauren Hendricks, Executive Director, Access Africa, CARE USA

RTI Energy is a social enterprise dedicated to “energy, enterprise and empowerment”. The business model follows three basic principles: identifying appropriate rural energy products for Tanzanian consumers, distributing these renewable energy products through a network of wholesalers and retailers, and training and equipping entrepreneurs so that they can effectively provide sales and service to their customers. ARTI Energy distributes several quality renewable energy products, such as Barefoot Power & Green Light Planet solar lights and Envirofit cook stoves throughout Tanzania.

Photo credit © ARTI Energy/ 2014/Tanzania In 2013, CARE International partnered with ARTI Energy to implement its program in support of the Partnership on Women’s Entreneurship in Renewables (popularly known as “wPOWER”) project in Tanzania. The project began working in Dar es Salaam and Tanga Regions, and has since spread to Morogoro Region. The wPOWER project has allowed ARTI to interact with new & exciting markets and connect with potential entrepreneurs both in urban and rural areas. The project provides a unique opportunity to gain access to well established Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLA) networks of consumers along with trained and willing renewable entrepreneurs. The partnership has been particularly productive in rural areas where the

traditional reach of renewable energy products has been limited. Travel & transport costs along with time constraints have previously prohibited widespread introduction of renewable products in many of the rural areas covered by wPOWER.

Identifying and training Village Agents (VAs) in these areas through wPOWER reduces the traditional costs and risks of connecting with this areas enabling ARTI to provide consumers with access to these important products and VAs with an income source

Tackling logistical and cost barriers through ‘Hub’ Distribution While much progress has been made entering these markets many of the logistical and cost barriers remain. ARTI and CARE have attempted to combat these issues by identifying regional ‘hubs’ to help reduce the complication and costs of rural distribution. These hubs serve as bulk distribution points, purchasing goods in large quantities at favourable pricing and then selling to VAs at the prescribed wholesale prices. This creates profits throughout the supply chain and reduces the costs borne by ARTI while providing VAs with the same access to products. The main challenge of these hubs has been the identification of reliable hub distributors. ARTI and CARE have worked with both individuals along with the umbrella organization of VAs that manages VSLAs and their members. These organisations already have a strong link to the VAs and their networks and access to larger capital and storage areas, making them ideal as a larger ‘hub’ distributor. We have encountered many successes and challenges with this approach however we seek to strengthen these distributors as the project continues.

Boosting stock and sales through capital injection A persistent challenge has been the lack of capital available to potential entrepreneurs in urban and rural areas. CARE provided ARTI with funding required to establish a revolving fund to provide finance to the VAs for stock purchases required to grow their activities. This fund has been used to develop already active entrepreneurs and promote those who have been inactive since initial training. The fund has been effective in providing VAs with favorable credit terms and boosting their stock and sales capabilities. (Author: Dan Code, Field Officer; email: dan.code@live.com or arti.tanzania@gmail.com)

Featured Partner: ARTI Energy Ltd in Tanzania

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zylife Kenya entered into an agreement with CARE Kenya in March 2013 to embark on the distribution of improved household firewood cookstoves to communities served by CARE Kenya. To kickstart the program, Ezylife Kenya trained CARE Kenya’s Community Based Trainers (CBTs) and franchisees in the Western region. From April 2013, the project was gradually rolled out with Ezylife Kenya’s field sales agents accompanying CBTs and franchisees to the community groups. Despite encountering some challenges, the roll-out was successful with over 2,100 improved cookstoves sold to households in communities where CARE Kenya works. Research shows that in the process of cooking with a traditional cook stove, women inhale an amount of smoke equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes in a single day! Exposure to cookstove smoke is the fourth worst risk factor for disease in developing countries. Yet the burden is not just on women. Women often cook with young children on their backs and it has now been proven that indoor air pollution kills more children in developing countries than malaria. Emerging research further shows that, indoor air pollution increases the risk of low birth weights, still births and cataracts, among other adverse health effects. Further, this indoor air pollution leads to serious lung disease and possibly even lung cancer. The improved cook stoves deployed under this program will help reduce this burden of disease.

Each improved stove supplied under the CARE Kenya/Ezylife Kenya partnership has a one-year warranty and an expected 3-5 year lifetime. Over the next 3 years, the decrease in wood fuel demand brought by these 2,100 stoves already in households will result in a reduction of CO2 emissions of over 15,000 tons, over US$ 500,000 in household income savings and close to 70,000 trees saved. Yet we are only starting. We look forward to the deployment of many more improved firewood cookstoves in the near future, resulting in healthier households and wealthier communities.

(Authors: Mathew Kimolo, Chief Executive Officer and Haron Wachira, Managing Director; mkimolo@ezylife.co.ke and hwachira@ezylife.co.ke)

VSLA members who purchased Ezlife stoves Photo credit@ezylife Rwanda 2014

Featured Partner: Ezylife Kenya

Photo credit @ Ezylife and CARE 2014

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coZoom is a social enterprise that manufactures and distributes clean cookstoves in Kenya and many other countries worldwide. We are excited to partner with wPOWER as integral “last mile” distributors of our energy-saving cookstoves. We see public-private partnerships as an important model for fostering livelihoods and getting more people access to our life changing products. Despite being a private company, EcoZoom is a social enterprise, meaning we are a for-profit business that also operates for social good. Because our stoves save money, burn clean and are eco-friendly, we are able to make positive changes for end users and community vitality. Many NGOs are struggling with unreliable funding streams. One way to stand out is to offer a tangible revenue stream for clients. This is where a public-private partnership comes in. wPOWER franchisees can become self-sustaining businesses and be proud of the life-changing benefits that come with providing clean energy products to the rural poor. This model also benefits EcoZoom as the private partner in terms of increased access to rural distribution networks and the ability to involve more women in the value chain. Last mile distribution is always a challenge for suppliers. The rural franchisees can reach customers that we are unable to, thereby lifting more people out of energy poverty. Furthermore, they are often equipped to be able to extend credit to end users, a benefit that is often difficult for a supplier based in Nairobi to pursue in rural areas where it may be difficult to build trust and collect payments. The not-for-profit and for profit sectors are starting to work together in more valuable ways than ever before in using a business model to achieve social impact. Social enterprises and NGOs are finding they share similar goals and have different areas of expertise which, when working in tandem, allow them to better achieve common goals. NGOs have good knowledge and reach of local and governmental networks on the ground and training experience. Social enterprises bring transformative products (health, income and environment) of superior quality with support (after sales, marketing, and training). Franchisees retain further business skills and experience, which improve their lives and enrich their communities. In just two and half months, EcoZoom has been able to sell over 787 stoves through CARE Kenya VSLA networks.

VSLA members who purchased Ecozoom stoves. Photo Credit@ CARE KENYA/wPOWER /2014

Ensuring after sale service through Community Based Trainers network: '' The Sales Platform '' One of the challenges clean cookstoves suppliers are facing in the rural and peri-urban regions is community skepticism towards the after-sales services promised by the suppliers. No one wants to buy an unfamiliar product without certainty as to how they can get in touch with the supplier if and when they have concerns. We see the wPOWER Community Based Trainers (CBTs) network as an important part of our commitment to the increased user uptake. They have been very instrumental in playing the ambassadorial role for EcoZoom products. Since they belong to the communities where they sell the stoves, they inspire great confidence from their customers. Through them, EcoZoom has managed to collect useful feedback as well as offer efficient after-sales service.

Shauri Moyo teachers in Kisumu being informed about wPOWER Photo Credit@ EcoZoom/2014/Kenya

Opening a wider market in using the schools network EcoZoom products are being received very well by the community. As a commitment to sustaining entrepreneurship for clean energy products, we have set up elements of supporting women entrepreneurs. We offer training and marketing support to interested entrepreneurs to enhance their sales skills and enable them to better penetrate the local market. We look forward to further enhancing our partnership with entrepreneurs of wPOWER. CARE Kenya has identified school platforms as convenient points for disseminating information to the wider community. Through this approach teachers who purchase and enjoy the benefits of the improved cookstoves are able to convince parents who in turn go to the stockists/ entreprenuers when they are prepared to purchase. In this way CARE contributes to opening a wider market beyond GS&L members. (Author: Meg Mosman, Communications Manager; meg@ecozoomstove.com)

Featured Partner: EcoZoom

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Committment and passion for communities’ good and clean health

Anne Ater is a business lady living in Kisumu county in Kenya where she operates a cyber café. After introduction to the wPOWER initiative, Ann showed a lot of interest for the sales of solar lanterns. Therefore the project team introduced her to the D.light Ltd Company who later on trained her on D.light products, benefits and sales techniques. Shortly after the training, Anne placed a first order of 24 solar lamps in January 2014 that she sold S2 (6 pieces) and S20 (18 pieces). In February she made another order of 24 pieces.. Anne was also keen to participate fully to the awareness raising activities conducted in the schools to sensitize the teachers about the importance of using clean energy products instead of kerosene lamps that cause well known high level of In-door Air Pollution (IAP) and respiratory diseases and deaths. Early February, Anne felt sick and was admitted in a local hospital. She was so committed by her business that during her stay there she even organized an awareness raising session and demonstration of the use of solar lantern for the health staff of the hospital. She then worked with the hospital administration and the nurse to develop a broader plan for staff sensitization that she left behind after being discharged. Although Anne was not present during the sensitization day because she had proceeded to Nairobi for further treatment, her sales representative Lavender organized a demonstration of the D.light lamps. Cook stoves stockiest Brenda Togo also attended the event. The session was also well attended by the clients of the hospital. The Hospital is now requesting the wPOWER project team to participate to the forthcoming Word’s Tuberculosis (TB) day. In just two months, Ann had sold all her 48 pieces of solar lanterns making a profit of Kshs 12, 640 ($ 149). She has already placed a third order of 16 pieces for the month of March. Since then and driven by her success, Ann has now created a network of sub stockiests in her home area at the border of the Homabay – Migori counties located at 100 kilometers from Kisumu which is not connected to the grid and offer a huge potential for solar lantern uptake. This will most likely increase further her market share and revenue. This story also shows a practical example of the importance of the communication campaigns in schools and health facilities to further enhance sales. (Source: Interview with Anne Alter from Kenya)

Selling solar lamps is a very good business!

“Selling solar lamps is a very good business for me because it is very profitable. Before being a seller of solar lamps I could get a monthly income of 7000 Rwf (US$ 10.3) from selling local sorghum beer (ikigage) and this was very tiring because I had to carry on my head a sac of sorghum of more than 50 kgs for a distance of more than 10 Kms/day ,but now I can earn a profit of 40000 rwf/month (US$ 59) from the sale and installation of solar lamps, and this is even if I must travel to my customers’ villages for the installation of the solar lamps. This business is better than making and selling sorghum beer. Because of this business, I managed to buy a sheep for 19000 Rwf (US$ 28) and Households furniture for 21000 Rwf (US$ 31)”.

(Mrs Therese Musengimana, Rushashi sector, Gakenke district, Rwanda)

Stories from some '' Super Star'' wPOWER entrepreneurs

Leonida Makori, one of the “wPOWER Super Stars” in Kenya Photo Credit@ CARE Kenya/Wpower/2013

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I use the solar lantern in the kitchen, sitting room while eating and for reading for my children and also to charge my phone! ' 'I bought a Fire Fly Solar lantern and an Improved Cookstove in 2012. The stove emits very little smoke. I used to spend Kshs 500 (US$ 5.75) in one week for paraffin, now I do not spend this money any more. I have one solar lantern which is used in the kitchen, sitting room while eating and for reading for my children I also use the solar lantern to charge my phone The solar lamp has helped my daughter who is in class eight for studies, it made the performance of my son Ezekiel improve so much that I was motivated to board him in his school.'' (Ebeneziah Oyugi, kenya)

I saved cost on firewood and my children use the solar lamp for studying! I bought a solar lantern and Improved Cookstove in 2012 from Leonidah. I used to spend Kshs 100 (US$ 1.15) per day on firewood, but now it takes me three days before I buy another bundle for the same amount. I have children in secondary school who use the solar lantern for reading. It produces a nice light and has not developed any problems, but if it does, I will give it to Leonidah since she knows the people who can fix it for me. Today I want to buy the charcoal stove from EcoZoom. (Irene Onyacha, Kenya)

Feedback from end-consumers

wPOWER beneficiary preparing to light Dura Jet 28 cm, a wood fuel stove. Photo Credit@ EcoZoom/2014/Kenya

…..with the improved stove, I can use half of the firewood… “It was a very difficult problem for me to collect firewood because I am very old, also I could not manage to pay money for buying them .Using a threestone fire obliged me to collect every day firewood or to buy it and when I started cooking I had to sit near the fire till the food was ready. The smoke was full in my kitchen and this caused irritation to my eyes. After, I bought this improved cooking stove at 1500 Rwf (US$ 2.2 ),now things are better because I can use half of the firewood compared to before when I was using the 3-stone traditional stove. In addition to this I can save money because firewood cost dropped from 2500 Rwf (US$ 3.7) to 1500 Rwf /month (US$ 2.2) after buying the improved stove''.

(Mrs Cesarie Mukakimenyi, 67 years widow woman with no children. Kinihira sector, Ruhango district in Rwanda).

Clean cookstove beneficiary. Photo Credit@ CARE/wPOWER/2014/Rwanda

We save money and our lantern has a warranty! ''We bought the d.light S300 solar lantern that provides up to 16 hours of bright light for our main room. We use it for lighting as well as charging our phone. Before we were using a kerosene lamp and our children had to scratch their eyes every times they wanted to study at night. At that time we were using half a little of kerosene per day which costs 1400 Tshs (USD 1) per day for our 3 kerosene lamps. Now we are very happy with this new solar lantern that can also be replaced in case of default during the warrant period of 2 years.'' Mr.& Mrs. Minja from Babati, Manyara region, Tanzania

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BEFORE wPOWER INTERVENTION “Tin lamps have a lot of smoke which causes eye problems to me and the children as they do their homework. My husband complains of chest pains. Again the lamps do not give enough light and one has to keep on carrying them from house to house. Sometimes because I cook from outside, the tin lamp flame is usually blown off. The lamp once burned down my sister’s house when her children forgot to put it off. The paraffin is expensive; I use KES 60 (US$ 0.7 USD) every day or stay out in the dark” Dorothy Anyango (29 years) from Nyakach Sub County, Kenya

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I am very happy with this stove!

” Before my mother bought this cooking stove we used a 3-stones fire, this obliged me to collect firewood at least 5 times a week, but with this improved stove, I normally collect firewood 2 or 3 times in a week. Besides that, every afternoon I was delayed to go to school due to the collection of firewood at long distance. The average delay time was 4 times in a month compared to 1 or 0 times after buying this stove. For example in second term, (before buying the improved stove) I scored 150 marks over 300 but in this 3rd term (after buying this stove) I scored 200 marks over 300. Now I am very happy with this stove.” Claire Musanabera , a young girl student of 13 years old in Kinihira sector, Ruhango, Kenya

Now we can do additional activities such as cleaning clothes, homework, reading ...everything has changed since i bought this solar lamp!

“Before buying this solar lamp, It was very hard for me to get my phone charged because I had to walk twice a week about 8 Kilometers (1 hour) in my Village and pay 50 Rwf (US$ 0.07) for phone charging cost. Sometimes, I would go to charge my phone and unexpectedly I would find the doors closed and i had to return back without my phone charged. Before, I could spend about 1,350 Rwf /month (US$ 2) in kerosene and costs for charging my phone. I will not forget the loss of 10, 000 Rwf (US$ 15) incurred due to kerosene lamps when the fire burned my daughter’s clothes. Now we can do additional activities such as cleaning clothes, homework, reading Bible , etc which we could never do using the kerosene lamps “After buying the solar lamp, all members in my family were very happy because everything has changed. ''

Mr Joseph Nsabimana from Rwanda.

Mrs Dorothy Anyango happily holding her Improved Cookstove as a Powapack Junior lamp lights on the ceiling.

Photo credit @ CARE Kenya/ 2013

AFTER wPOWER INTERVENTION

“I bought Powapack Junior in April 2013, from a loan I got in our GS&L group. The lamp has brought change in the family. After my husband saw the lamp and the Improved Cookstove, he also joined the GS&L group. I used to save KES 100 (US$ 1.2) per week but now I save KES 500 (US$ 6.2), money that I otherwise used in buying paraffin and firewood. My children can study for longer hours than before and they are improving in school. The stove has given me a new name in the area ''Mama CARE'' since I was the first one to purchase the two products in the village”.

Dorothy Anyango (29 years) from Nyakach Sub County, Kenya

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Achievements: CARE’s Program in Support of wPOWER

Clean energy products - Sales per country as of March 2014

The above considers a capital injection $5,000 from CARE’s wPOWER matched with KIVA’s $5,000 loan

ver the first 1.5 year period, 280 village agents and women entrepreneurs sold more than 6,500 solar lamps and 10,200 clean cook stoves, largely to members of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) across Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. wPOWER project has demonstrated explicitly that VSLAs are a huge untapped market for clean energy products that can help fill the “last mile” gap in the distribution chain, and women entrepreneurs in the VSLAs are the potential “last mile distributors” of clean energy products. These VAs have realised a total revenue of more than US$ 402,000 and US$ 62,000 in profits – an additional income to the VAs. Now, more than 79,000 people have access to modern energy services as a result of women’s entrepreneurship efforts under this project. These achievements present a strong position of CARE’s contribution to overall wPOWER global target “To empower more than 8,000 women clean energy entrepreneurs across East Africa, Nigeria and India who will deliver clean energy access to more than 3.5 million people over the next three years”

Great News! CARE’s Village Agents sold more than 16,700 solar lamps and clean cookstoves!!!

Added value in Village Agents’Income (Before versus after cook stoves/solar lamps business)

Source: CARE Rwanda quick assesment mission Nov 2013

Additional income to women entrepreneurs: CARE

Rwanda wPOWER staff along with representatives from Barefoot, Ezylife and Billem ( 3 main suppliers of clean energy products in Rwanda ) organized a joint quick assessment in the field in November 2013 to evaluate the progress of the project. One of the findings is that the business of selling solar lamps and cooking stoves by Village Agents (VAs) is profitable as the VAs were able to increase their income by 2.6 times compared to before the project intervention. Nearly all of the VAs interviewed reported an increase of income due to this new business as per the chart below. (USD$ 1 = 680 RWF)

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wPOWER, a Global Initiative

Promoting Women's Critical Role in Clean

Energy Solutions to Climate Change

The US Department of State launched the Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (“wPOWER”) in January 2013. wPOWER aims to empower more than 8,000 women clean energy entrepreneurs across Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria and India who will deliver clean energy access to more than 3.5 million people over the next three years.

To reach this goal, the Department of State and USAID have teamed up with the MacArthur Foundation, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, CARE International, Solar Sister, Swayam Shikshan Prayog and the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies.

Globally, more than 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity, and at least 2.7 billion people lack access to clean cookstoves and fuels. While not the primary source of climate pollution, inefficient lighting and cooking contribute to climate change and the degradation of natural resources. In off-grid communities, women are the primary users of clean technologies like solar lamps and clean cookstoves and are at the forefront of adopting the use of new technologies. wPOWER is working to unlock this largely untapped potential of women and women's groups to help fill the “last mile” gap in the supply chain to reach areas lacking energy access. (Source: Fact Sheet, US Department of State, Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC, November 19, 2013)

Founded in 1945 with the creation of the CARE Package, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. CARE places special focus on working alongside poor girls and women because, equipped with the proper resources, they have the power to lift whole families and entire communities out of poverty. Last year CARE worked in 84 countries and reached 122 million people around the world. In 2008, CARE USA set up its “Access Africa” program aimed at reaching 30 Million poor people, 70% of them women with a basic suite of financial services that will propel them out of a vicious cycle of poverty to a virtuous cycle of rising income, improved health, better education and greater participation in their communities and nations across sub Saharan Africa in the next 10 years. By September 2013, CARE’s Access Africa program reached more than 3.7M members (approximately 82% are women). To learn more, visit www.care.org.

CARE to co-host and participate in the “National Renewable Energy Day 2014” in Tanzania Tanzania Renewable Energy Association (TAREA), an umbrella organization of renewable energy actors in partnership with the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) is organizing a "National Renewable Energy Day 2014" that will take place in Shinyanga Region (Tanzania) on 4th and 5th June, 2014. The event will be attended by a number of senior government officials from the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourisms, the Rural Energy Agency, NGOs, Renewable Energy Companies and other key renewable energy stakeholders. CARE, a new member of TAREA will co-host the event, participate and share experience of engaging women from Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) in filling the “last mile” gap in the small–scale clean energy distribution chain. CARE will use this event to increase public awareness of the role of women in clean energy markets (wPOWER objective 3) as well as raise the profile on the contribution of CARE in achieving clean energy and climate change objectives. Additionally, three clean energy women entrepreneurs “the super stars” in the distribution of clean cookstoves and solar lamps will participate and share their testimonies. For more details on the event, visit www.tarea-tz.org

wPOWER Hub: CARE’s women clean energy entrepreneurs to participate in the Africa – India Exchange Visits United States Department of State has extended a support to Wangari Maathai Institute for Piece and Environmental Studies (WMI) in Kenya to become a wPOWER hub. The hub will provide support to wPOWER partner organizations in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Nigeria and India. The hub will facilitate development of training curriculum, monitoring of harmonized indicators for wPOWER and coordinate Africa-India exchange visits. The exchange visits are meant to share learning for improving business in clean energy products for women entrepreneurs. Beginning from June/July 2014, CARE’s women clean energy entrepreneurs “the super stars” across Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda along with Ugandan, Nigerian and Indian women participants will form the core group of participants for the global wPOWER leadership exchange,

training and development.

Upcomings events!!