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Eliminating global maternal and neonatal tetanus

For less than two dollars, a woman and her future newborns can be protected against tetanus, a deadly but easily preventable disease.

Support Girls’ Education

After identifying the Catapult partners best positioned to support girls’ education in Nigeria, our program team worked with them to develop specific projects for receiving the donations from this general fund that was created in response to the abductions of the Chibok schoolgirls in spring 2014.

A teacher is a candle burning to enlighten others

Inspired by this Afghan Proverb, we’re training Afghan teachers and giving their schools science labs and mini libraries

Plant a seed: transform lives of Ugandan women

Help Ugandan women living with HIV break ground for two organic farms to improve their nutrition, food security, and self-reliance.

Send 20 Kenyan girls to school

Free education for girls is a portal for large-scale social change in Mathare, the second largest slum in Nairobi.

Empower adolescent girls to resist child marriage

Support sessions and sports inspire girls in rural India to stay in school.

HOLLA::Revolution NYC retreat for young leaders

Together, women have the power to Hollaback! and create safer spaces for women around the world.

One step forward to empower Albanian women

Give young women a lifetime of opportunity through professional cooking classes and personal development.

Stop exploitation in Nepal through photography

50 stories, five cities, and one cause: putting a face to the injustices of human trafficking and exploitation.

Sustaining Vertical Gardens

Teach women to make their own compost and grow fresh vegetables.

Why we care: Because poor nutrition affects everything in a person’s life, from health to education.