BANKERS WITHOUT BORDERS

Capco’s largest partner for Impact Consulting projects is the Grameen Foundation’s Bankers without Borders, an industry leader in using skilled volunteers to accelerate the scale, sustainability, and impact of microfinance and poverty-focused organizations around the world.

From the start of our partnership in 2014, we have run multiple projects every year, engaging Capco communities across Europe, APAC and the Americas, on everything from product launches, to impact reporting, to developing business models and e-commerce strategies.


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BANKERS WITHOUT BORDERS 2020/21 EXAMPLE PROJECTS:

WILDLIFE TRUST OF INDIA



Capco CSR builds a strategic marketing and fundraising plan for the Wildlife Trust of India to strengthen its growth and operational stability.

HERITAGE FOODS AFRICA 

A team from Capco India created a business and financial plan, and an investor’s pitch for Heritage Foods Africa in Tanzania.  This organization brings traditional, nutritious, and environmentally clean foods to the Tanzanian families. Heritage Food Africa plays a critical role in creating food products that help to maintain the biodiversity of the ecosystem, as well as the health and wellbeing of its program participants.

UBUNTU LIFE  

A team from Capco APAC developed a production and operations management plan for Ubuntu Life’s Fashion Line Enterprise based in Kenya.  Ubuntu Life have established sustainable enterprises and social enterprise models to create social impact for mothers and children in Kenya. 

SAVE THE CHILDREN

A team from Capco’s office in Washington, DC, partnered with Save the Children to deliver a training program focused on business management techniques. This training will support the New Horizons project, which was launched in 2017 to offer sustainable income generation opportunities to unemployed, marginalized youths and low-income families in the remote villages of in West Bengal, India. 

CORPORATE MATCHING

Capco’s Corporate Matching program enables our people to amplify the impact of their charitable contributions to organizations close to their heart. With assistance from corporate matching, Capco employees donated over $100,000 in 2019 to charitable causes, including cancer research, mental health, armed forces veterans, fight against homelessness and hunger and environmental causes. 

In 2020, we have supported a number of COVID-19 related initiatives, in addition to hunger relief programs and racial justice, gender equality and LGBTQI+ organizations.