Mission & The Need
Mission: Women’s Education Project helps young women of limited means discover their unlimited potential to succeed in college and careers and improve their lives, families, and communities.
The Need: WEP’s focus is young women whose families struggle to survive on less than $1-2 a day. They come from overcrowded homes where malnourishment, illness and debt are the norm. Their families are unable to provide the resources or support required to pursue higher education - tenth grade through college.The Problem. Uneducated women are more likely to:
- lose career ambitions and work in low-paying, unsafe jobs
- marry before the age of 18 and have uneducated, malnourished children
- lack a voice in their family and community
- remain in poverty
- be healthier
- access employment with the opportunities for advancement
- travel independently
- participate in community decisions – look for leadership positions
- marry after the age of 21
- have fewer and healthier children
- better manage family finances and spend income on medicine, immunizations, nutritious food and education
- leave poverty forever
