MOMs4MOMs Fellowship Program

媽媽創業家培育計劃

MOMs4MOMs Fellowship Program is a women empowerment program to pair less privileged mothers with middle class mothers into the modules on hard and soft skills related to motherhood and entrepreneurship. We will have 40 fellows in each cohort to have more cross cultural integrations and the program runs from September to March each year followed by the final pitching by end of the program in May.

香港創業媽媽將於本年正式推行首屆MOMs4MOMs媽媽創業家培育計劃。該計劃將邀請香港各階層媽媽們參與一起學習和交流。計劃的特色亦會迎合不同國籍和階層媽媽的需要，一起將透過工作坊及工作計劃加以師友輔導，讓媽媽們能夠學習更多知識去面對當母親和企業家的挑戰：由自身改變、終身學習、健康生活、維繫關係、平衡生活以及保護環境多方面探討。完成計劃的學員可將於香港創業媽媽下年五月的旗艦活動當中介紹她們的工作計劃。而最佳的學員更可獲邀加入香港創業媽媽也可以參加實習機會，開展她們的事業。

Objectives:

To implement a peer to peer fellowship in providing the support and sharing from those who had gone through the same experience;
To provide empowerment opportunity for mothers of diverse background and ethnicity;
To educate entrepreneurship spirit to mothers to have well balanced of life between career, family and community;
To promote community engagement among mothers of diverse background and ethnicity;
To raise the financial independence and self actualization for mothers in bringing more positive energy to their families.

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Mothers are often neglected with learning opportunities; mothers should be granted with all the possibilities in their journey of discovery, unlearning and relearning. We are proud to pioneer the first cohort of MOMs4MOMs Fellowship Program to bring to moms from all walks of life together in learning more Motherhood and Entrepreneurship. We are also delighted to offer Internship opportunities to the most outstanding fellows from the program
Lena Wong, Founder & Executive Director of Hong Kong Momtrepreneurs Limited

Duration: 9 months (September 2020 to May 2021)

Theme for 2020: Embracing Motherhood ~ without boundaries

Seasoned trainers will be invited to conduct a 3 hours workshop on the two topics for each module once a month. These modules are designed specifically for moms to address their challenges and to integrate motherhood and entrepreneurship together. The 6 modules will be:

Module No	Motherhood	Entrepreneurship
1	Motherhood & Change	Market Research
2	Motherhood & Wellbeing	Financial Management
3	Motherhood & Relationship	Product Design and Testing
4	Mums at Work	Corporate Structure
5	The Eco-Sustainable Mums	Digital Marketing
6	Motherhood & Learning	Product Management

Topics may be adjusted according to the intake

In May, fellows will be showcasing their products and pitching at HKM flagship event.

Beneficiaries:

40 fellows of diverse education, ethnicity and cultural background
All female – mothers preferred.

If i look at the need for marginalized Ethnic Minorities, there is a need for so much. There is a need for women who are involved in the education for their children to look at the provision of books, extracurricular activities, the provision of helping each other. Only when you are in that position as a mother, do you think of what your children need and what your household might need and therefore you can think of creative ways for solving for those problems.
Shalini Mahtani, MBE, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Zubin Foundation

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Format:

Module workshops
1. From September to March, a 3 hour workshop is held on each module topic;
2. At each workshops we will kick start the pairs to work on the mini program/exercise based on the topics;
3. At next workshop we can review the completed exercise and start on the next topic;
4. All fellows have to complete the exercises so that they are more peer to peer influence and support
Fellowship supports
1. To group the fellows into team of four from diverse background;
2. To overcome the issue of language, we can group 2 pairs as a team to have some more interactions;
3. The group will have 2 online support tutorials in between workshops to keep the progress and also support each other.
Showcasing
1. The teams will showcase and present their products and business ideas at the Flagship event of HKM in May;
2. They can receive instant feedback from judges and general public at the event.
On the job experience
1. Upon completion of the program, fellows with outstanding achievement can have the opportunity to have job shadowing and internship at HKM network of companies and organizations.