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Women's Initiative for Self Employment provides high-potential, low-income women with the training, funding and ongoing support to start their own businesses and become financially self sufficient. The women who go through our program significantly increase their income and assets while launching businesses, creating jobs and stimulating the local economy. We have five offices and 18 training locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and are expanding to New York City and Chicago.


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2012 resolutions:
Train 3,000 low income women who have dreams of starting their own business.
Provide microfinance for graduates new businesses.
• Launch a 10,000 new jobs created by our entrepreneurs campaign.
• Connect our entrepreneurs with more technology resources and with you so they can build their skills and their business.
Launch classes in New York and Chicago.

Your donation can Sponsor women to got through our training; Help her create jobs; Purchase a computer; Provide a loan.


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