Kindergarten

Merim I.

Merim is an economist by training and has worked in various state institutions and a bank. However, as she loves children, she had long harbored the desire to open a kindergarten. Together with her partner at the time, she dared to make this wish a reality. After the separation, she took over the building and opened her own kindergarten, which she has been running as a limited company since January 2022. Merim is responsible for managing the kindergarten, working closely with a specialist appointed as pedagogical director in the areas of education and training.

Project ID

682

Country / City

Kyrgyzstan / Bishkek

Jobs at the start

13

additional potential jobs

14

entrepreneur sponsorship

Training and coaching CHF 250 per month for two years

Loan amount

8'500 USD

Loan purpose

To modernize her practice and finance a device for removing age spots and tattoos as well as a device for photoepilation

Project description

With slightly higher fees than other kindergartens in the area, Merim finances a wide range of activities and teaching programs. These include music, English and taekwondo lessons as well as excursions and cooking classes. In addition, the all-day kindergarten offers 4 meals a day. In the future, Merim plans to build a network of kindergartens with additional educational opportunities, a physical development complex with psychological support for parents and children and a center for the training and further education of preschool staff.

Merim decided to complete the BPN program in order to put her institution and her plans for the future on a sound entrepreneurial and business management footing. She has already successfully attended the basic seminar "Management".

Credit: With the request for a credit in the amount of 8,500$, she would like to procure additional pedagogically valuable teaching material.

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