Apache is about producing OSS. So as described here this is not a good fit for our charitable mission. But there are ways our communities might help.
For example, take a look at Fineract (incubating) (added here). This is a project originally created by the Mifos Foundation. Mifos continues to focus on helping organizations setup financial vehicles which in turn help in the kind of circumstances you describe. Within this community you will find plenty of people who have experience of these kinds of issues and solutions that do/do not work. Ross Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: Frans Badenhorst<mailto:endpollut...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 9:59 AM To: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org> Subject: Re: Encouraging More Women to Participate on Apache Projects? r Hi In South Africa youth unemployment is as high as 50%. Many have tried to even apply for a job, because the education is so poor that they are effectively unemployable. The only option women have who want to make a living for them selves is to start their own business. Thousands do. They run in to all kinds of problems which is entirely predictable. My idea was to start a Apache program that will teach users to use the system to run their small business. Talented individuals will be trained further to do various tasks that match their interests and skills. Some will concentrate on procurement, marketing, HR and so on and a few will look at installation, customization and even development of the system. I needed to establish a broadband connection ($200 and a mi=onthly fee of less than $20 to keep it going), plus some PC's workstation and furniture (desk and chair) totalling ($15 000) and could not get any funding. Investors here are not interested in start-up businesses, I think there is huge potential for women to start all kinds of businesses in services (catering, clothes making, hair and nail care,etc,) but also in agriculture (organic fruit, wine and vegetables) and manufacturing (e.g. arts and crafts) and various health related services and education. To succeed in business you need to have a good (accounting, procurement, HR and marketing) systems. A till and catalogue, web site and so on can all be provided by OfBiz at a very affordable rate. We need help to get this off the ground. If you have any ideas I will really appreciate it. Regards Frans Badenhost Frans Badenhorst On 19 May 2016 at 17:17, Sharan Foga <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All > > I'm interested in finding out how we could encourage more women to > participate on Apache projects. It's a discussion topic that came up last > week while I was at Apachecon. My understanding is that we don't have any > current strategies in place so I think it could be good to look at > gathering some ideas about how to tackle the problem and also hear about > any lessons learned from any previous or similar strategies. > > What do people think? > > Thanks > Sharan > > >
