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Dear Friends of Empowered to Educate,

This has been another action-packed period for the Fellows. International Women’s Day was a big success as you can see from the headlines! Four of our Fellows participated in IWD, with the focus on Women’s Leadership, and their programs included support for teenaged mothers, academic achievement awards, and a joint health and wellness campaign.

Using proper health precautions, we were able to have our second in-person meeting with the Fellows. It is so gratifying to see how they are coming together as a group, and how much they have grown in their individual leadership journeys. We were thrilled to learn how highly they value the Fellowship with one Fellow saying: ‘I am very grateful for this family. My vision has been defined clearly….I’ve now constituted our board of people from diverse backgrounds I didn’t even think was possible….from lawyers to education specialists. They are all willing to support us and have started already.’  And from another: ‘I think the Fellowship program is like a wake-up call for me… I started my project in 2015 but it was like a charity… but going through this Fellowship I have come to realize that it’s not about you but it’s about the world seeing what you are doing and supporting you along the way….I feel part of a larger community.’

We are finally starting our micro-grants program! The Fellows are putting their strategic planning, goal setting, proposal writing and project management training into practice. We look forward to sharing specifics with you during our next update.

Meanwhile, do take a look at our one-year anniversary tribute to the Fellows in the link below. We hope it will make you smile!

We continue to be grateful for your interest and your support. Thank you!

Kind regards,

The Empowered to Educate Team

Links:

• Watch our Fellows' Anniversary Video!
• Connect with us on LinkedIn!
• Check out our website!

Empowered to Educate has continued to grow and thrive despite Covid. Undaunted, the Fellows have maintained momentum with their grass roots programs and with their own professional leadership journeys, supported by you! our generous donors.

For example, the relationships between the Fellows and the Mentors continue to grow, as evidenced by this picture of Mentor Brigitte and Fellow Saudatu on the campaign trail during Brigitte’s recent campaign for President of Ghana.

Although the Fellows have not met in person since October due to the rise of Covid infections and deaths in Ghana, they have managed to meet via zoom every few weeks and have worked together to develop their own professional and personal goals and action plans. They also continue impressively on their leadership journeys, with one Fellow recently enrolled in a joint Master/PhD program on social policy in Ghana.

International Women’s Day is an important milestone for the Fellows and Empowered to Educate is supporting their local programs as they celebrate “Women’s Leadership”: the theme of the 2021 IWD. From supporting girls to say in school during Covid, to providing educational and nutritional support to very young children, our Fellows are doing their part to maintain momentum and keep positioned to move forward once Covid is behind us.

During this quarter we will launch our micro-grant initiative, when we will be providing direct support for their grass roots programs. Funds from the IWD Campaign will support the micro-grants.

We look forward to sharing progress with you on the Fellows and their grass roots programs, supported by the microgrants. 

Links:

• Connect with us on LinkedIn!
• Check out our website!