private.Update on Khalifa Fund

Previously we reported that Income/Outcome business simulations have been picked up as a tool forintroducing enterpreneurship in Abu Dhabi.One of the Khalifa Fund areas of focus is women. Leila Ben-Gacem has been working with women in the ‘empty quarter’, helping them to rekindle interest in weaving, which is a traditional craft for Bedouin women.The National, Abu Dhabi’s main newspaper, put together a short documentary on this project, it shows some of the women with their weaving, and talks about what it means.My take-away from the video is this message: When I weave, I remember my mother.This past week, Leila has sent me some photos of an Income/Outcome workshop at Ruwais.

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‘Group 3' is playing with English language materials, but the simulation materials were translated into Arabic.Leila reports that the participants are all university graduates, ages 22 – 28, and that they are all excited about starting their own businesses. There was much learning from the simulation, and from each other! And it does look like they were engaged.