- A position on our XO Job Skills Training course.
- Notebooks
- Initial visit to the family with a psychologist
Janixa
Graduated 2017 / 3 children / 19 years old
Janixa was the victim of a machete attack by her partner.
Abandoned as a baby, Janixa grew up in an orphanage in Ciudad Sandino. She didn't finish elementary school. She escaped to La Chureca, the community by the municipal dump, at the age of 16, entering a cycle of extreme poverty. To escape this situation, she entered into a romantic relationship, which resulted in total control and violence. At the beginning of 2017, Janixa joined the project XtraOrdinary Women. While in the course, she began to question the habit of receiving violence. With the psychological attention and the workshops of work preparation, she managed to become independent. She obtained a stable job with our partner Serviplus.
Today Janixa is an extraordinary single mother, who wants the best for her baby and, to be the exemplary mother she never had. Help us help other women like Janixa.
Update 01 September 2020
In 2020 due to the economic impact of COVID-19 XtraOrdinary Women is supporting our women with cost-free personalised follow-up and mentoring to enable them to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on their livelihoods.
In March 2020 we adapted out Bootcamp to be taught online supporting 30 entrepreneurs to keep their business going, and afloat despite the economic impact of the pandemic. 85% have increased their sales.
Our Job Skills training program has been focused on finding job opportunities for 45 graduates who lost their jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Including CV building and interview practice.
$65 covers the cost of 1 month of personalised mentoring, providing: financial planning assistance, business advice, (or) job search support, home visits, video calls, online support & access to our learning group.
All donations make a difference.
You can donate from wherever you are, the donate buttons on this page take you to our donations platform run by Virgin Money Giving.
As of September 2020 we still need to raise $7000 to provide 65 women and their families to find new jobs / rebuild their small businesses through December.
Sponsor a woman
with a scholarship for our XtraOrdinary Job Skills Training Programme
$63
Sponsors a woman with
$140
Sponsors her with
- A position on our XO Job Skills Training course.
- Notebooks
- Initial visit to the family with a psychologist
- Creates her digital CV and profile on our digital talent platform as part of job search support
$560
Sponsors her with a full job skills training scholarship
- A position on our XO Job Skills Training course
- Notebooks
- Initial visit to the family with a psychologist
- Creates her digital CV and profile on our digital talent platform as part of job search support
- 6 months of personalised follow-up & job placement services
- Psychosocial support for her and her family
Empower
A start-up entrepreneur
$285
Empowers a start-up entrepreneur with
- 130 hours of workshops and personalised mentoring
- Sessions with specialists in business plans, finance, social networks, effective sales.
- Mentor session with their families.
- Her business growth plan.
- Creates her business profile on our entrepreneurship platform, promoted to national markets.
$315
Supports her with our XO Bootcamp follow-up
- 3 months of supervision and evaluation
- Weekly follow up with the team
- At home mentoring sessions to support her as she implementing the business plan.
- implements the business plan
- Support with online marketing
- Logo design
- Training in online design tools so she can create her own marketing materials.
- Review of business income and expenses for three months.
$5 a month for 1 year
sponsor a woman with a full cost-free $63 schoolarship in our Job Skills Training programe
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Become an XtraOrdinary Sponsor
When an #XtraOrdinarySponsor donates a full scholarship you get this special gift from our partner Chureca Chic
$140 full scholarship
- 108 hours of workshops
- Course material
- Travel and food stipend
- Initial visit for her and her family with a psychologist
- CV building
- Support with the process of her background checks
- A profile on our digital talent platform and job search support.
