SSI Entrepreneurship Programme Year 1 Evaluation

Our analysis suggests that Phase 1 of the SSI Entrepreneurship Programme had a POSITIVE impact on the participants who completed the programme. The vast majority of the recruits reported that they had no savings. Only 7% reported that they had assets, including savings, that could be used to start as business.

At the end to six (6) months, 67% of the recruits who completed the programme reported that they had assets, including savings, at the end of the programme. We also noted that only 10% of the persons who did not complete the programme had savings.

We therefore concluded that the SSI Entrepreneurship Programme had a positive impact on trainees who completed Phase 1 of the programme in terms of their capacity to accumulate assets/savings to support their entrepreneurial endeavours.

The positive impact was reflected in their own assessment of the programme. All of the graduates agreed or fully agreed that: - “the programme has significantly improved ability to sell and has built my selfconfidence”. - “the LASCO Chin Foundation is doing an excellent job to help young people like me”. - “the training from the institute of Law and Economics was excellent..I learnt a lot”. - “has helped me develop my entrepreneurial skills and made me a better business man/woman”. - “provided me an opportunity to be a more productive citizen”.

YEAR-IN-REVIEW JUNE 2018 - MARCH 2019 THE LASCO CHIN FOUNDATION