As anyone sponsoring a student in the Rise Program (formerly the Scholarship Program) will tell you, our students are AWESOME. Exhibit A: Did you know that 53% of Rise Program graduates are now helping to pay for their younger siblings’ education? Incredible.These...
If you had to map the plot of your life what would it look like? What defining moments stand out as the turning points, the peaks and valleys? Students in our Scholarship & Youth Development Program recently explored this question during a workshop centered on...
Daily as we sit at our desks and clackety-clack on our keyboards, this question is at the forefront of our minds…and we know you’ve been thinking about it too! Our Thousand Girls Initiative aims to reach 1,000 girls through the Scholarship & Youth Development...
Show of hands if you’ve gone on tour and seen this guy at an activity with our Scholarship & Youth Development Program students: Yeeaahh, that’s what we thought. As many of you know, Samuel—our Scholarship Coordinator—is the MAN. He does so much for our students,...
Carol Cain experienced extreme poverty as a child. Years later, she came on tour with us as a professional travel blogger (that’s right, we’re talking about the fabulous Girl Gone Travel) and saw the effect that our Scholarship and Youth Development Program has on...