Through our micro credit initiative, women use SoCCs to secure low-interest loans in order to develop or expand their businesses and boost profits. As a result, women ensure financial security for their families and become more confident and business savvy, leading to a greater sense of empowerment. We believe that through micro credit programs, the poor are given a chance to pull themselves out of poverty as they are the stakeholders of their success.

There is a clear correlation between education, poverty reduction and sustainability. Through our education initiative, we provide children and girls with safe spaces and knowledge centers to drive literacy, life skills, and a formal educational curriculum including English and computer lessons. As urban poverty oftentimes results in child labour, we use SoCCs to put children back in school to not only ensure a sustainable future but help their families, too.

Our initiatives enhance livelihood, food security, and hygiene throughout urban and rural communities. In rural communities, SoCCs are used to improve knowledge of farming techniques which promote economic and environmental sustainability. In urban communities, SoCCs incentivize residents and promote waste-management and hygienic living. Our initiatives not only contribute to lifestyle improvements, but environmental improvements, too.

As technology is the forefront of today’s society, enabling the widespread access to information and communication, we have used SoCCs to establish computer-based knowledge centers. Internet access creates numerous opportunities for educational and professional advancements—both necessary tools for poverty alleviation.