BJCWF Special Event: October 27, 2009

What do these four things have in common?

• Yemenite Henna ceremony planning and catering

• Chocolate design

• Tennis training

• Hairstyling for brides and bridesmaids

They are four of the 137 new businesses established this year by graduates of “A Business of One’s Own,” an innovative program dedicated to improving the lives of low-income women in Israel.

The Boston Jewish Community Women’s Fund invites you to meet Ayelet Ilany, Director of Economic Empowerment for Women (EEW), which we have funded for the past three years. Ayelet Ilany is coming to Boston to thank us for our support and tell us about this exceptional program.

The program will be held on October 27th from noon to 2pm at the CJP offices at 126 High Street in Boston, conference room 908.

Please mark your calendars and RSVP to SusanE@cjp.org to confirm your attendance and order lunch at $10 per person.

By way of background – EEW’s uses a microenterprise strategy first developed in Bangladesh which focuses on helping low income women become self-sufficient and financially independent by becoming entrepreneurs. Its flagship training program “A Business of One’s Own” combines personal empowerment with business skills training and offers participants, immigrant and veteran Israelis, Jews and Arabs, the tools they need to change their lives.