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Empowering Girls. Transforming Communities.
Empowering Girls. Transforming Communities.
20 million children in Nigeria are not in school, the majority of them girls. Sponsor a girl to go back to school and change her life forever.
20 million children in Nigeria are not in school, the majority of them girls. Sponsor a girl to go back to school and change her life forever.
We are a team of Nigerian and Cameroonian women empowering the next generation of women leaders. Our work is made possible by the generous donations of ordinary individuals who share the vision of a more equitable world. Join us!
We are a team of Nigerian and Cameroonian women empowering the next generation of women leaders. Our work is made possible by the generous donations of ordinary individuals who share the vision of a more equitable world. Join us!
Bright Minds Academy
Bright Minds Academy
A sponsorship of $1,100 allows us to enroll an out-of-school girl into Bright Minds Academy, where she will receive education, healthcare, and three meals a day. Your sponsorship will change her life.
A sponsorship of $1,100 allows us to enroll an out-of-school girl into Bright Minds Academy, where she will receive education, healthcare, and three meals a day. Your sponsorship will change her life.
Sponsor an out-of-school girl to attend Bright Minds Academy for the 2026-2027 school year, providing her with a pathway from 6th grade through university. Sponsors receive photos and updates of their sponsored student's academic journey.
Sponsor an out-of-school girl to attend Bright Minds Academy for the 2026-2027 school year, providing her with a pathway from 6th grade through university. Sponsors receive photos and updates of their sponsored student's academic journey.
The longer a girl stays in school, the later she tends to get married, the healthier her children, and the more economically stable her community becomes.
The longer a girl stays in school, the later she tends to get married, the healthier her children, and the more economically stable her community becomes.
Clean Water
Clean Water
Our clean water projects allow girls to spend their days in school rather than carrying water for their families. Every donation of $3,000 allows us to construct another borehole well serving roughly 2,000 people.
Our clean water projects allow girls to spend their days in school rather than carrying water for their families. Every donation of $3,000 allows us to construct another borehole well serving roughly 2,000 people.
Healthcare
Healthcare
Our maternal health programs connect mothers and children with antenatal care, safe births, ART, and childhood vaccinations. Our nutrition programs provide lifesaving nutritional interventions for children whose mothers passed away during childbirth or whose families don't have a reliable source of income.
Our maternal health programs connect mothers and children with antenatal care, safe births, ART, and childhood vaccinations. Our nutrition programs provide lifesaving nutritional interventions for children whose mothers passed away during childbirth or whose families don't have a reliable source of income.
Microfinance
Microfinance
We provide the funding and tools for women to launch small businesses. Our savings program allows women to accumulate capital to invest back into their businesses.
We provide the funding and tools for women to launch small businesses. Our savings program allows women to accumulate capital to invest back into their businesses.
By the numbers
By the numbers
138
Girls enrolled in our boarding school Bright Minds Academy
23
Communities served by Bright Minds clean water projects
166
Children referred from local health centers to our Thriving Families Program for nutrition support and free healthcare
55
Women who have received microfinance to launch a small business
350
Children enrolled in Bright Minds Primary School this year
80
Women currently enrolled in our Happy Mother Happy Baby Program, providing antenatal care, postnatal care, and childhood vacciantions
5
Libraries providing books to hundreds of children each week
300+
Students in the U.S. matched with pen pals in Nigeria
340
Secondary school scholarships awarded
13
Full-ride university scholarships awarded to date
35
Young mothers enrolled in our Young Mothers Support Group
40
Nigerian and Cameroonian staff employed by Bright Minds
Your generosity makes our work possible. Thank you.
Your generosity makes our work possible. Thank you.
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