The metric is who is still earning.
Not graduation counts. Not aid distributed. Six-month post-program income retention, tracked alumni by alumni, is how we measure whether the work held.
Two years on: businesses still running.
Grace opened her own workshop at month nine.
Completed the vocational tailoring track. By month six she employed one assistant. Monthly revenue stabilized at three times her pre-program income within the first year.
Samuel runs a freelance IT services business.
Enrolled with no prior computer experience. Completed the digital track, acquired three small-business clients within four months, and has operated without program support for eighteen months.
Numbers reported at six months, not at graduation.
78%
2.3 yrs
Zero
of program alumni report active income generation at the six-month mark — tracked individually, not estimated from cohort averages.
average operating age of documented alumni businesses — still running, still generating revenue, with no ongoing program subsidy.
ongoing dependency created. Mentorship fades on a defined schedule; when the business sustains itself, our involvement ends.
Fund outcomes, not activities.
Institutional partners receive full six-month income-retention reports, business sustainability data, and direct access to alumni cohort records. Evidence first, every time.