Help break the cycles of poverty through education and women's small-business enterprise.
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Knowledge is power.
Creating opportunity through education
Lack of education prevents the economic and social development of some of the most disenfranchised parts of our world. Ensuring access to quality education is how we started with the opening of the Young Living Academy in Ecuador in 2009. Since then, we’ve continued to equip children and youth with the resources to build a better future through education.
Empowered women inspire change.
Investing in Women Entrepreneurship
We invest in programs that help women living in challenging socioeconomic conditions build marketable skills, start small businesses, and secure fair wages and ethical work. When women have the power to make their own money and have control over how they use it, this not only empowers them economically, but is also one of the best ways to help reduce global poverty.
“Because of my hard work, my children have enough to eat and are enjoying going to school. My son Joram wants to be an engineer. Now my children can dream, and so can I.”
– Namyalo Eva | Artisan at Mabira Collective
Quality education impacts
every area of life.
Education can lead to higher income, improved health, gender equality, and can prevent poverty from continuing to the next generation.
By investing in projects that unlock access to education, together we're creating lasting change by empowering the future generation of changemakers.
Our Solutions:
We fund the building, restoration, and expansion of schools to ensure that access to a safe education is available to as many as possible.
We work with partners who help youth stay in school and provide them with the support they need to overcome underachievement.
We equip students with tools to drive community change and build self-confidence.
Her previous school was filled with drugs and gangs.
Kelly could have gotten lost in the shuffle. She steered clear of trouble, but her mom wanted her in a school that provided quality, safe education. With help from sponsors, she became the first in her family to graduate.
Invest in her,
invest in change.
Research consistently shows that women spend up to 90% of their income earnings on things that directly benefit their children and families—prioritizing things like healthier food, safe water, school fees, and medicine. When women thrive economically, their children are empowered and protected.
By investing in projects that unlock access to education, together we're creating lasting change by empowering the future generation of changemakers.
Our Solutions:
We award capacity building grants to women-led enterprises that provide fair wages to otherwise disenfranchised groups, and whose unique business models generate both monetary profit as well as sizable social returns.
We invest in vocational skills training and income generating opportunities because women entrepreneurs make significant contributions to economic growth and poverty reduction across both the developing and developed world.
We connect talented women-led artisan groups from around the world to mindful consumers through the Young Living global marketplace.
Meet the Artisans
From artisans in historic Bethlehem to Afghani refugees in Utah, each woman has a unique story and bright dreams for themselves and their children. Meet some of the amazing artisans and be inspired by their stories of resilience, hope, and triumph.
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