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Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Mariam Keriakos and Nazha Larhissi

  Country: Egypt, Morocco

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2013, 2015

  Project/Action: Middle East North Africa Alumni Thematic International Exchange Seminars (TIES)

  Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Professional Growth

  Mariam Kariakos, 2015 fellow of Egypt, and Nezha Larhrissi, 2013 fellow of Morocco, were invited to speak at the Middle East North Africa Alumni Thematic International Exchange Seminars (TIES) seminar held in Casablanca, Morocco in July. Funded by ECA, Alumni TIES brings together alumni of U.S. State Department exchange programs for regional, thematically focused seminars. Mariam and Nezha spoke on an all-female panel called “Identifying and Leveraging Untapped Resources and Markets.” Mariam highlighted how she used her business consulting and technology experience to launch her own business, Craftista.me, and offered guidance on how to blend entrepreneurship with social impact and strategies to create women friendly working environments. Nezha spoke about how her experience as an advisor to Morocco’s Minister of Environment brought her to realize how much global collaboration was crucial to the fight against global warming and how she used the network she established with TechWomen to co-found e-STEM Morocco with two other TechWomen fellows.

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  Report Date: 8/7/2017

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  Fellow(s): Nazira Sheraly

  Country: Kyrgyzstan

  Region: CA

  Cohort: 2016

  Project/Action: Small Grants Program of the U.S. Embassy Democracy Commission

  Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Empowering Women and Girls

  Charba, a company started by 2016 fellow of Kyrgyzstan, Nazira Sheraly, received an award through the Small Grants Program of the U.S. Embassy Democracy Commission, administered by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek. Charba’s mission is to use innovative technologies to create affordable and high quality greenhouses. In partnership with Atuul, a local NGO, Nazira’s company is using the grant to educate women on the greenhouse business and business in general, to coach women who are implementing their own business ideas and to monitor and evaluate the newly established businesses. To further motivate the women involved, Nazira plans to hold a competition to provide additional mentorship and support for seven winners to make their businesses more successful.

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  Report Date: 8/7/2017