Latest News | February 2026
Sewing Machines for Women
ACE has been able to give 600 sewing machines to women who have been trained by our staff. This empowers these women to have an at home business, sewing for clients from their homes so they can continue to be at home with their children.
PIzzeria in Central Asia
ACE was able to give a loan to start a new pizzeria in Central Asia. ACE gave a loan to the first pizzeria of this franchise and it is running very well.
Rose Streeshakti Snacks Center
Joy and Rose successful pioneers of a pre-school for economically disadvantaged people in Lonavala, India have also pioneered a small business with the aim to empower women through their snack center. They pitched for start-up funding at our Vancouver event but later started small with funds raised locally. They have a small attractive sit-down place on a busy shopping street making delicious snacks like samosas, idlis, dosas, etc
Extending Hope School
Entrepreneurs and Social activist Decent and Nadia in Malawi set up this school as a lean startup to provide quality education for children in their city. Following our Vancouver BAM event, the school will use the loan they received to add classrooms and scale up from 45 students to 195 in Dec 2019. They have enrolled 38 new kids in the last term and expect 24 new ones in January 2019.
Bella Pizzeria
Alex from the Bella Pizzeria, in Central Asia, pitched for scale-up funds at our Eagles Nest (Shark Tank like) event in Vancouver but lost out to the Extending Hope School. As he continued to work through issues in his business plan with his ACE coach, we were able to connect him to an investor and he received the loan he needed. He is looking to move to a new location, purchase new equipment and have more tables.