SDG – NO POVERTY - Oxford College of Business Sri Lanka

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

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