Mowgli Mentoring 10yr Impact Report

She grew her business six times in the first year of mentoring supported by Mowgli and
she came out of her shell. To see her grow was a joy.
“Meanwhile the impact on mentors is profound from day one. They have told me that
learning to work with people through supporting them and using active listening, powerful
questioning and serving others has a transformative impact on their personal lives, as well
as their professional achievements.
2018
Ghana,
Kenya
“At first we wondered how to break through the masks people wear – but the mentors
were finding it so rewarding that they were taking on additional mentees after the
programme, thereby creating a multiplier effect. One mentor told me it was one of the
best relationships he’d ever had with another human being.
“I passionately believe that mentors make a difference to entrepreneurs through
their inspiration and guidance. And fundamentally, mentoring is at the core of human
development and needs investment focus.”
2017 Ethiopia
2016 Bahrain
2015 Saudi Arabia
LOOKING AHEAD
“No-one knew what mentoring was about in 2008. Today it is a buzzword – but
it’s rarely used as it could be. I would love to see developmental mentoring, where
the mentor supports the mentee in understanding their passions and achieving their
goals, become a way of life. I would like to see mentoring becoming sustainable, with
successful entrepreneurs giving back to the movement. It needs to be wider than the
entrepreneurship and business contexts, as when parents learn to mentor their children,
letting them go but being there to support them. And it should also be deeper, so that you
have someone who knows you like the back of your hand and will tell you the truth when
you need to hear it. I have had 40- to 50-year relationships with some of my 14 lifetime
mentors, and that’s really been powerful.”
Tony Bury,
Founder, Mowgli Mentoring
2014
2013
2012
Egypt, Libya,
Tunisia,
Morocco,
Yemen
Algeria,
Palestine,
Qatar
2011 Syria
2010 UK, Lebanon
2009 Jordan
2008
Mowgli’s geographical expansion
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