2021 VIGC Foundation Artisan Items
Making a difference for women around the world.
Key Announcements From the 2020 VIGC
New mission, focus pillars, and partnerships
Laying the Foundation for another decade of empowerment.
Key Announcements From the 2020 VIGC
New mission, focus pillars, and partnerships
Laying the Foundation for another decade of empowerment.
CHAMPION EDUCATION
Opening doors of opportunity through traditional and vocational education, skills building, and leadership development.
Under this pillar, we will focus on five key approaches: 1) providing funding to schools; 2) increasing access to education; 3) supporting leadership development; 4) enhancing skills training; and 5) funding higher education.
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Protecting the vulnerable from losing their freedoms to abuse and human trafficking.
For the past four years, we've helped accelerate Hope for Justice's efforts to put an end to exploitation in our generation, and each year, we have increased our support in this fight. Read more below.
DEVELOP ENTERPRISE
Empowering women worldwide to break the generational cycle of poverty for their children by investing in small business and fair-trade enterprises.
Under this initiative, we are teaming up with 15 women-led enterprises worldwide so they can scale their businesses to new heights through capacity building and by providing a marketplace for artisans looking to provide for their children.
GOALS FOR GIRLS
Goals for Girls is using soccer to teach young women how to be leaders and change makers in their own lives and communities.
Under our education pillar, we will help support Goals for Girls’ Leadership Summits that are offered to girls across the United States, India, and South Africa.
ESCALERA
In Chiapas, Mexico’s poorest state, only 40 percent of youth make it past the 9 grade largely because most families live on subsistence farming, and many children work instead of going to school so they can contribute to their families income.
Hope for Justice
Since 2016, we have partnered with Hope for Justice to end modern day slavery in this generation.
While we have supported efforts in Cambodia, Uganda, and Ethiopia, we are excited to announce that we are expanding our support to bolster Hope for Justice’s work in the United States, Europe, and Australia.
The Foundation launched it’s first-ever essential oil blend, One Heart.
This blend was designed to celebrate the joy of creating unity in our communities by opening our hearts to love and service for others.
One Heart's refreshing aroma can encourage a bright outlook on life and the awareness that we are all in this together.
