Announcing Ayllu-Aliança Partnership

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Ayllu is thrilled to announce partnership with Aliança Empreendedora, a Brazilian organization that creates opportunities for microentrepreneurs. Together, we are launching a 12-month pilot in Curitiba, Brazil. How it Started: Not too long ago Melissa (Ayllu Founder) and Rodrigo Brito (Aliança Founder) sipped coffee on a bustling Sao Paulo corner. It was June 2008 and they'd met through Ashoka - Melissa, then an Ashoka employee, had helped coordinate an event in Brazil, and Rodrigo was featured at the event as a Fellow well-known for his work pioneering low-income markets in Brazil. Rodrigo encouraged Melissa to consider launching Ayllu in Brazil. One year later she moved to his hometown, and the rest is history. Ta-da partnership! Why did we partner? The core problem that Ayllu seeks to solve is how difficult it is for social enterprises to be sustainable by reaching economies of scale - to survive, they must have access to enough volume of supplies and customers that prices drop and they can make a profit. The only way we can create access to economies of scale is by partnering with organizations that have access to it. Aliança is one of these organizations. From Aliança's perspective, Ayllu creates access to outside market-solutions that can create new jobs and tackle community problems. Additionally, Ayllu is building a microfranchising ecosystem, a high-potential market for the poor in Brazil that has lacked a catalyst thus far. Aliança is one of the best run and fastest growing nonprofits we have ever come across. Not only does Aliança have partnerships with platforms like Walmart and Banco Real (one of Brazil's largest banks), but it is also structured to incubate other initiatives that are in line with its mission. All of these initiatives happen to be founded by people under 30 years old (Rodrigo is 27), so the partnership will provide a great peer mentorship community as well. Organizational Background: Aliança Empreendedora was founded in
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