Women’s Global Education Project
Current donation: $25,000
Donations to date: $75,000
Women's Global Education Project ("WGEP") empowers women and girls in rural regions of sub-Saharan Africa to build better lives and foster more equitable communities. Our donations allow WGEP to give 1,000 community members (500 women and 500 students) training in how to build climate-smart cookstoves and lead plastic reduction cleanups and reforestation efforts along the Sine-Saloum Delta.
Why They're Climate Smart
In the Fatick region of Senegal, roughly 78 percent of the labor force works as a subsistence farmer and earns less than $2 per day. The region is highly susceptible to drought and high temperatures, and despite its small size, Senegal is one of the top contributors to plastic pollution in the ocean.
WGEP is tackling those problems head on. Through a series of educational programs, comprehensive scholarships, after-school clubs that promote gender equality, leadership workshops, and parent support and community engagement meetings, they are actively dismantling the structural barriers that prevent girls from succeeding at school or leading societal change.
Why They Get Our Continued Support
In 2024, WGEP added a climate-smart element to their program in the rural Fatick region of Senegal. Through their program, they trained 525 women in the construction of climate-smart mud stoves (which use 70 percent less firewood than traditional cooking methods), and firmly placed women at the forefront of helping their communities contribute less to climate change. Now, with our continued donation, WCEP will teach an additional 420 women how to construct stoves, educate 450 students on climate-smart techniques, support 200 girls with leadership training, and train 50 women in permaculture.