Bronx Co-Op Gives Female Immigrants Business Savvy Edge

Immigrant women from South Asia are getting help in New York to start businesses, many of them co-ops, owned by several of them together.   - - Donna Poisl

By: Erin Clarke

In a location that would probably go unnoticed by many, immigrants are learning how to become Americans.

"We work with women, many of them are not comfortable in English and are experiencing a lot of the economic issues that many new New Yorkers experience coming from the developing world," Westchester Square Partnership Director Alison Karasz.

Through a number of programs, Westchester Square Partnership addresses social and health-related needs for South Asian women. This month, the organization received a job training grant from the City Council speaker to help in their efforts. Training would specifically teach women how to develop workers' cooperatives.
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