NO POVERTY
2024/25 Highlights
✔ Empowered 15 rural women through entrepreneurship fellowships
✔ Expanded SETsquared Incubator to 2 high-poverty districts
✔ Developed Sri Lanka’s first OCB Poverty & Enterprise Index (OPEI)
✔ Trained 60+ undergraduates to develop social innovation startups
Quantitative Impact
| Metric | Outcome |
| Number of women who completed the Rural Fellowship Program | 15 graduates |
| Entrepreneurs incubated in rural Monaragala and Eastern Province | 38 microenterprises launched |
| Districts mapped under the OCB Poverty & Enterprise Index (OPEI) | 2 districts (Monaragala, Nuwara Eliya) |
| Social innovation startups launched through SDG Impact Summer Lab | 3 ventures funded and operational |
| Fellowship recipients with >30% income increase post-program | 68% (17 out of 25 fellows) |
SDG 1 Targets Addressed
- 1.1: Eradicated extreme poverty through targeted education-based interventions
- 1.2: Reduced poverty rates among female-headed households in 3 districts
- 1.4: Improved access to entrepreneurship support and financial literacy services
- 1.B: Supported local policy action through poverty-data mapping via OPEI
