Zawadisha Careers in Truckee, CA

Zawadisha is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower, entrust and expand opportunities for women through micro-lending, savings, preventative healthcare, and education. We arm women with access to capital and the life-saving tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. Our model is building a stronger world, one in which women are self-sufficient, successful, and stand on their own two feet. Zawadisha means “to give a gift” and we believe the greatest gift we can give women is a hand up in fighting poverty. The gift they give us in return is that we know we truly have changed the life of another human being. And that exchange is powerful. Women make up 70% of the world’s poor, but are often excluded from the formal job market and banking system. With a 40% unemployment rate in Kenya, we aim to put women to work. But our loans do more than give women jobs; they increase their quality of life. Our members tell us time and time again that the earnings from their