Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity is a seven-year, US$ 126 million Fund tthat aims to catalyze, scale-up and sustain the creation of dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young women and men with limited financial means, including young people with disabilities and refugee youth, through SMEs in 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Fund aims to support an innovative portfolio with high impact potential for creating and sustaining dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young women and men with limited financial means.
The Fund for Resilience and Prosperity aims to address a broad spectrum of challenges in order to create dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young people using four interventions:
As part of its awareness creation and learning objectives, the Fund participates in a number of SME and youth-related conferences and forums. In addition, the Fund organizes events, workshops, webinars and other convenings aimed at sharing information on Fund interventions and opportunities with stakeholders and applicants.
The Mastercard Foundation is working with partners to implement this seven-year program. The Fund Manager for the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity is KPMG Development Services Limited in partnership with Triple Line Consulting, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Partner.
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