No. |
Country |
Date the first training was conducted |
Further Information |
1 |
South Africa |
September, 1996 |
Trained over 4,600 people. Business start-up and continuance rate = 76.2%. Training is done in and through strategic partners. |
2 |
Kenya |
March, 2007 |
Trained over 1,450 Kenyans in 8 different areas, 88% in business. Training is facilitated through one strategic partner. Over 15 DBSP trainers have been trained. |
3 |
Mali |
January, 2009 |
Trained over 55 people. Training is facilitated through one strategic partner. 4 DBSP trainers have been trained. |
4 |
Armenia |
July, 2009 |
Trained 18 people. Only 1 visit carried out thus far. Training not running as we do not have a strategic partner to set up the training. |
5 |
Niger |
September, 2009 |
Trained over 55 people. 3 DBSP trainers have been trained. Training is facilitated through one strategic partner. |
6 |
Southern Sudan |
November, 2009 |
Over 40 people have been trained. Training not currently running as we are still looking for the correct project partner. |
7 |
Ethiopia |
March, 2010 |
Trained in the region of 55 people. We are still finalizing details of the stategic partner organization, so that the training can carry on. |
8 |
Mauritania |
January, 2011 |
Trained over 80 people. Business start up rate is over 80%. We work through the strategic partner organization called Doulos. 5 DBSP Trainers have been trained. |
9 |
Myanmar |
July, 2011 |
Over 35 people trained. First country in South East Asia. Training is facilitated through one strategic partner. |
10 |
Lebanon |
December, 2011 |
First country in the Middle East. Trained 12 people. Training is still getting off the ground in this country. We are in negotiations with a strategic partner. |
11 |
Nepal |
March, 2012 |
Run just one program, with 22 people attending. We are in negotiations with a strategic partner. |
12 |
Indonesia |
April, 2012 |
Just one program run to date, with 18 students. A business forum has been formed. We are in negotiations with a strategic partner. |
13 |
Zimbabwe |
March, 2012 |
Only trained one program. We are looking for a strategic partner, as the one that brought us into Zimbabwe did not work out.. |
14 |
Uganda |
August, 2012 |
DBSP in Kenya launched this program. We are still busy establishing a strategic partnership. |
15 |
Nigeria |
April, 2012 |
DBSP in Kenya launched this program. We are still busy establishing a strategic partnership. |
16 |
Egypt |
November, 2012 |
25 people have been trained. DBSP in Kenya launched this program. We are still busy establishing a strategic partnership. |
17 |
United States of America |
1st program scheduled for August, 2014 |
We are still in negotiations to start the first DBSP program in the U.S.A. This training will happen in Northern California. A strong strategic partnership has developed with the organization Come Serve With Us. |