Project Tres

What Project Tres does

Project Tres is a nonprofit organization (gemeinnützige UG haftungsbeschränkt) registered in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016 by Managing Director Carla Maria de Souza Barbosa. The organization operates women's empowerment programs in two countries — India (operations center in Anjuna, Goa) and Kenya (operations in Nairobi, led since 2022 by Linda Miheso) — serving women who have faced challenging circumstances including poverty, domestic violence, and financial dependency. Its core programmatic offerings are skills training (accessories making, sewing, cooking, marketing, quality control, hospitality), workshops in financial literacy and confidence-building, mentorship/life guidance, and — launched in 2024 — the Women to Women peer-to-peer mentorship program that enables trained beneficiaries to teach skills to women in their own communities.

The organization's business model is donation-driven, accepting one-time, monthly, and yearly contributions (in tiers such as €10, €50, €100, €250, or custom amounts) through its website, GlobalGiving, betterplace, and PayPal, with donations being tax-deductible in donor jurisdictions. Supplementary revenue streams include corporate brand partnerships (percentage of profits donated), co-creation initiatives where sponsors fund specific programs such as workshops or school fees, and a small earned-income component via Viator-hosted cooking classes for tourists in Goa. Strategic partners include GlobalGiving and betterplace as donation channel partners, Hai Africa (Kenya introduction), SHOFCO for healthcare and safe-house services in Kenya, and Viator for tourism distribution.

The operating team is small (1-10 employees) with field operations in India and Kenya supported by a German headquarters. Reported impact metrics include 500+ women impacted since 2016, 70% of India artisans gaining essential skills, income increases of over 60%, 100% of beneficiary children enrolled in school, 15 women receiving monthly compensation as program leaders, and 132 women reached in four months via the 2024 Women to Women program. Annual reports have been published from 2020-2024. The organization explicitly positions itself against dependency-creating traditional aid models, favoring a holistic approach combining economic, financial, and mental health support designed by and for the women it serves.

Name

Project Tres

Legal name

Project Tres gemeinnützige UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Website

https://project-tres.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Project Tres is a Germany-registered nonprofit that empowers women in India and Kenya through skills training, financial literacy, mentorship, and mental health support, funded by individual donations, corporate brand partnerships, and tourism-channel cooking classes via Viator.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Women's Empowerment Services

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Fiber Arts Classes (Weaving, Knitting, Embroidery, Dyeing) (THAJAKAB), Arts & Design Camps (Visual Arts, Crafts, Design Thinking) (EDAMALAH)

Keywords

• Women empowerment programs
• Vocational skills training
• Nonprofit community development
• Financial literacy education
• Women artisan support

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: Project Tres generates revenue through donations from individual supporters (one-time, monthly, and yearly donations), corporate brand partnerships (percentage of profits), and co-creation initiatives where sponsors fund specific programs like workshops or school fees. Donations are tax-deductible and fund education, skills training, food, and healthcare for artisans in India and Kenya.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Project Tres is a nonprofit organization that delivers holistic women's empowerment programs to women artisans in India (Anjuna, Goa) and Kenya (Nairobi). Its core offering combines in-person vocational skills training (accessories making, sewing, cooking, marketing, quality control, hospitality), financial literacy and entrepreneurship workshops, mentorship, and mental health support, with the Women to Women peer-to-peer program launched in 2024 enabling trained women to teach workshops in their own communities.

Product overview

Project Tres is a nonprofit organization operating as a single integrated social-impact program rather than a platform with discrete products. Their offering consists of holistic empowerment programs for women in India and Kenya, combining skills training (Workshops, Skills Training, Mentorship), peer-to-peer education (Women to Women Program launched 2024), and ancillary services (Cooking Classes). Impact is documented through Annual Reports published annually since 2020.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skills Training Vocational skills training delivered to women artisans in India and Kenya, covering accessories making, sewing, cooking, marketing, quality control, and hospitality skills to enable economic independence.
• Workshops
• Mentorship
• Women to Women Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ women impacted since 2016
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GlobalGivingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobalGiving is used as a donation platform for Project Tres, providing global visibility and tax-efficient giving options for international donors supporting the 'Amplifying Women Artisans in India and Kenya' project.
• betterplacecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman-based donation platform used for collecting ongoing support for 'Securing Stability for 28 Women in India and Kenya' project, enabling European donors to contribute tax-deductibly.
• Hai AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit organization facilitating education for children in Kenya. Collaborated with Project Tres founder Carla during visits to Nairobi, facilitating Linda Miheso's introduction to the project.
• SHOFCO (Shining Hope for Communities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner providing affordable healthcare access for Mamas and their children in Kenya. Also provides technical career training, female capacitation, counselling, and a safe-house for those looking to escape difficult situations.
• ViatorminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTourism booking platform through which Project Tres offers cooking classes (vegetarian and seafood) in Anjuna, Goa. Provides income generation and cultural exchange opportunity.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association): SEWA is a 2M+ member Indian women's trade union offering skills training, financial services, and healthcare to self-employed women across India. It is the most directly comparable India-based peer to Project Tres's Anjuna operations — same beneficiary profile (economically marginalized women), same skills-to-income pathway (handicrafts/textiles), and same holistic support model.
• Free the Girls: Free the Girls helps survivors of sex trafficking in India earn income by selling bracelets and accessories. It is highly comparable to Project Tres's accessories-making skills training in Goa — same craft-based economic-empowerment methodology, same Indian geography, same beneficiary demographic.
• Solar Sister: Solar Sister recruits and trains women in Africa to build clean-energy businesses, combining training with a peer-mentorship entrepreneurial network. It is the closest Africa-focused peer to Project Tres's Kenya program — both rely on a community-led training model that turns beneficiaries into peer mentors.
• Pinkishe Foundation: Pinkishe Foundation is an India-based NGO focused on menstrual hygiene awareness, education, and women's empowerment across India. It is a peer in the India women-empowerment space with similar recurring-donation and corporate-partnership funding approaches, though narrower program scope.
• Women for Women International: Women for Women International runs 12-month skills training, savings, and rights awareness programs for marginalized women across Africa and Asia. It is the closest comparably scoped peer to Project Tres — same beneficiary (women in challenging circumstances), same toolkit (skills + financial literacy + community support), same recurring-donor funding model, and same multi-country operating footprint.
• SHOFCO (Shining Hope for Communities): SHOFCO is a Kenya-based nonprofit offering health, education, and economic empowerment programs to women in urban slums — and is already named as Project Tres's healthcare partner. It is a structural peer in the Nairobi operations, both targeting the same population (urban Kenyan women in challenging circumstances) with overlapping services.
• Mann Deshi Foundation: Mann Deshi Foundation serves rural Indian women with financial literacy, vocational training, and microenterprise support, headquartered in Maharashtra. It is structurally analogous to Project Tres's India program — combining skills training with financial literacy for women — though at much larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Acumen: Acumen is a global impact investor that funds sustainable businesses serving the poor, with portfolios in East Africa and South Asia. It is broadly comparable as a mission-driven funder operating in Project Tres's geographies, but as an investor in enterprises rather than a direct service nonprofit.
• BRAC: BRAC is one of the world's largest development NGOs operating across South Asia and East Africa, including skills training, microfinance, and women's empowerment programs. It is a broad incumbent operating similar programs in the same geographies but at fundamentally different scale and scope.
• Kiva: Kiva is a global crowdfunding microfinance platform enabling individual lenders to fund women entrepreneurs in 70+ countries. It is a broadly comparable global incumbent in women's economic empowerment funding — competing for the same donor dollars — but operates at vastly larger scale as a marketplace rather than direct service provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/projecttres
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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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