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Through the initial pilot phase in the second half of 2011, it became obvious very quickly that these solar-powered items were in high demand and that rural women were perfectly capable of promoting and selling these new technologies. It was also apparent that the women microfranchisees could make what is to them a significant amount […]
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Microfranchisees are rural women from fair trade coffee cooperatives that possess the basic skills and motivation to promote solar and other appropriate technologies and sell small solar-powered items door to door. Microfranchisees are recruited in groups of 5-10 women per group. These women are vetted by the management of their coffee […]
TecAp currently offers several solar lighting solutions as well as solar-powered cellular phone chargers. Lighting solutions range from a solar-powered “lightbulb” to high-powered, multi-functional lanterns that can be hung from a ceiling to provide light to a room or carried by hand at night.
1. Groups of potential microfranchisees are identified and recruited. 2. New microfranchisees attend a series of business development trainings 3. Microfranchisees receive sample products and catalogs. Click here for a list of product photos and descriptions.
TecAp Structure The TecAp microfranchise is made up of the microfranchisor (IDEAS), the microfranchise (TecAp), and the microfranchisees (groups of rural women in fair trade coffee cooperatives).
TecAp puts valuable technologies within reach for low-income farmers One of the biggest obstacles for low income coffee producers to buying a solar system is that they do not have the cash to pay $1,000 for a home system or $2,000 for a large enough system to assist their farm activities. Designed from the point […]
Families talk benefits of solar 50 families benefited from long-term loan arrangements that TecAp successfully negotiated with an international lender Root Capital and a Nicaraguan coffee cooperative UCPCO in July of 2010. TecAp revisited these families to find out what their experience had been like and what benefits they had experienced since having their home […]
Contact in Nicaragua for TecAp Hermogenes Zelaya, Technical Coordinator hermogenes@ideasnet.org Esteli, Nicaragua Telefonos: (505) 8643-1480 móvil Claro; (505) 7524-6655 Móvil Movistar International Contact for IDEAS and TecAp Carter Garber, Ph.D., Executive Director, IDEAS cgarber@ideasnet.org 1702 Dancing Fox Road, Decatur, GA 30032 USA Telephone: (1) 404-378-7544 Fax: (1) 404-378-9322 www.ideasnet.org
Volunteer or Intern TecAp has operated on a shoe-string, so has always been fortunate to have a variety of volunteers. IDEAS can assist if you have made an arrangement with your university to get academic credit for being an intern. If you are interested in volunteering or interning, contact: Carter Garber, Executive Director of IDEAS […]
IDEAS helps your organization learn how to do microfranchising IDEAS is a 35 year old international development organization that has worked for decades in women’s enterprise development. It also has evaluated over 100 women’s programs in Latin America, Africa, Asia and North America.