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ech19 is one of CHW’s first two social impact investment opportunities from the initiative launch in October 2022. Tech19 provides technical and innovative solutions to fintech, healthcare, and software companies, including prototyping, software, and hardware development. The women employed receive skills training and on-the-job support. They also become role models in their community, acting as an inspiration to the younger generation, while ensuring economic stability for their family. Since receiving your investment, they have doubled the number of employees, expanded business to additional fields, increased their customer base, and moved into their own office (pictured here in the background). Tech19 was not selected as a business whose aim is the safety of women, but in providing women with training, employment, and financial stability, that is precisely what they are doing. Tech19 Co-founder and CEO, Inbar Cohen, recently discovered the breadth of Tech 19’s impact after asking employees to write what Tech 19 means to them. Below is what she asked us to share with you:
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