Build a Migrant Business School in Taiwan
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| Organization | One-Forty |
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| Region | Taiwan |
| Website | Website |
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| ProjectLeader | One-Forty Taiwan |
We are committed to Southeast Asian migrant workers' empowerment and skill training during their time in Taiwan to alleviate the poverty cycle.
Challenge
Labor-intensive works in Taiwan offer limited transferrable skills, therefore, they are not helpful for employment back home, limiting their options to low-paid laborers or going abroad again. Meanwhile, lots of migrant workers aspire to save up in Taiwan and open a small business such as a grocery store or barber. However, it's difficult to be sustainable or profitable without basic business knowledge and will be easily fall back into poverty.
Long-Term Impact
More than 50 alumni have returned and successfully opened small businesses. Adi has a ranch full of 150 goats. He applied business strategy planning with confidence in his business and set the goal to scale up to 600 goats. Evi who opened a restaurant believed Migrant business School enabled her to manage challenges in the future. 5 alumni is working in Taiwanese companies back home with stable salaries. They work as translators and earn 700 USD a month, which is 3 times higher than the average.
References
- https://one-forty.org/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8zc4dzSJWg&t=13s
- https://one-forty.org/
- https://www.facebook.com/onefortytaiwan/
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1n5ZssRQedPLAQPtUCwfw
Additional Documentation
Project Gallery
The first day of the semester
Graduated migrant worker-Mandala
Graduated migrant worker-Liena
Visit Migrant Business School graduate student
The enrollment of Migrant Business School
During the courses
Migrant worker student sharing her business plan
The graduation ceremony
Student writing down financial plan
During the courses
