We’re delighted to announce that we have just provided our first 2022 round of financial support to female-led grassroots organisations. We believe in the power of young women working on the ground in communities around the world to advance progress on the sustainable development goals.
Check out the organisations who received funding in this round below. Applications for our next round of funding are now open. Please submit your project proposal and funding requirements via email to hello@youngwomeninsustainabledevelopment.com by 26 April.
Women for Women
Provides educational programs and support to affected by conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
Womens Global Empowerment Fund
Works in northern Uganda to provide micro-finance loans and educational programs to women to empower them to create the future they want.
Friendship Bridge
Provides women in Guatemala with educational programs, preventative healthcare and access to a series of micro-finance products to alleviate poverty.
Global Grassroots
Empowers women in post-conflict regions to lead projects in their communities with the aim of providing access to clean water for those around them.
Africaid
Works in Tanzania to equip young women with leaderships skills and supports them to complete their education.