We are looking for remarkable companies that share our vision of making education accessible to women in the poorest countries. As a sponsor with a global conscience, you’ll have the opportunity to live your equality, diversity and inclusion values and to unite your employees and customers around a single cause. Most importantly, your organisation will make a real difference.
Partner with us and be at the heart of empowering a generation.
Women remain disadvantaged in terms of access to university education. In sub-Saharan Africa only 4.8%, compared to 56.5% in the UK attend.
With your help we can do better than this.
You can sponsor a young woman today and support a whole community for a generation to come. Your donations will help more young women like Joyce, to get into higher education, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to improve the lives of themselves, their family’s, and the economy around them. To foster a greater political stability within their country and support entrepreneurial social mobility.
Your donation will support communities with the long-term development Africa needs.
It only takes £2000 per student to provide a complete academic year for a degree in South Sudan.
Why your Sponsorship Matters
There are a number of proven benefits when investing in women’s education.
- Benefit to the female student: Educated women are healthier, have greater income and longer lives.
- Benefit to their society: Educated women are more likely to vote, engage in volunteering, and support the education of others.
- Benefit to the economy: More likely to be innovative, pay more taxes and have less exposure to unemployment and changes in the economic situation.
- Benefit to the world: They develop better social cohesion, trust and tolerance which then fosters a greater political stability within a country and they are a real benefit to our global community.
About South Sudan
South Sudan is the newest democracy in the world and is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. The official language of South Sudan is English. Its capital and largest city is Juba with over 500,000 people. South Sudan is mostly underdeveloped; most cities in the country have no electricity or running water, and overall infrastructure is lacking. South Sudan is the least developed country according to the United Nations. The economy of South Sudan is also one of the world’s most underdeveloped with the IMF estimates stating GDP per capita (2020) of $393, which places it 215th out of 216 countries. To compare this to the UK which is $49,761 and the USA is $76,027. It is amongst the youngest nations in the world, with roughly half of the 11 million people are under 18 years old. There are around 25 universities, with a range of public (6) and private (19) universities. There are many challenges within the university sector in this country, ranging from under funding to the availability of trained educators.
Sponsorship of the Pigeon Park Relay
A sponsorship information pack can be downloaded from here.
Sponsorship queries should be made via Email to deepak@empoweringageneration.org
Online donations can be made here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/pigeonparkrelay