Bright Minds Africa

Empowering Girls. Transforming Communities. 

Sponsor an out-of-school girl to attend Bright Minds Academy, changing her life trajectory to an empowered young woman. 


We are a team of Nigerian and Cameroonian women empowering the next generation of women leaders. Because we are from the communities we serve, we know what our communities need and how to use our funding to have the biggest impact.


114 

Girls enrolled in Bright Minds Academy boarding school

300

Students enrolled in Bright Minds Primary School each year

5 

Libraries serving 600 kids each week

17

Clean water projects serving 34,000 people

340

Scholarship recipients

51

Healthy children graduated from our Thriving Families Program

68

Microfinance for women to start small businesses

250

U.S. students matched with Nigerian pen pals

385

U.S. families make Bright Minds' work possible. Will you join us?

Education

We still have 6 out-of-school girls on our waitlist. Sponsor one of them to attend Bright Minds Academy this fall, creating a pathway for her to university.


A sponsorship of $1,100 provides:



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. What if every family with means sponsored the education of a girl without means? Imagine the world we could live in.... 

Clean Water


$3,000 funds a clean water project that:



Donors receive photos of the well they funded and have the option to write a message to the community on the wall of the well. An oversight committee ensures routine maintenance of the well.


Healthcare

Sponsor a critically ill child for $375 and save a life


Each sponsorship allows us to enroll a critically ill child into our Thriving Families Program, providing:



Over 90% of children who participate in our Thriving Families Program maintain a healthy weight after graduation, remain in school, and continue to thrive. 



Our other health projects include:


"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."  Nelson Mandela