Sanitary kits keep teen girls in school!

Name: Oliveseed Foundation
Address: US

Empowering youth, women, and communities through literacy, education, water, and sustainable livelihoods

In the rural Maasai Mara of Kenya, we transform the most disadvantaged schools with quality libraries and learning resources, provide scholarships for needy students, bring literacy to the youngest at the village level, fight for an end to period poverty, and run a Women's Work Center providing income-generating livelihoods to Maasai women for the first time in their lives. In Morocco, building upon our legacy program of the first English libraries at public schools in rural Amazigh regions, we have expanded to cultural preservation through indigenous stories and national writing programs for youth.

In the spirit of Women's History Month, kindly consider making a gift to the Oliveseed Women's Work Center. The 20 women here make high-quality sanitary kits to keep at-risk girls in school and create traditional beadwork arts to sell to safari camps and business — earning an income for the first time in their lives. They use their earnings to support their large extended families and keep their kids in school. Our work is funded by donations, and none of this happens without support! They need a boost, and we would all greatly appreciate your help.

Emerging Voices

Our 3rd anthology of short stories by young Moroccans is in print! What better way to inspire literacy in the next generation than to give young people a platform to speak their mind, tell their stories, and share with the world. Imagine the excitement when they see their words in print. Our goal is to nurture and elevate young voices rarely heard, with emphasis on rural — whether essays about life, creative short stories, or retellings of oral tales almost forgotten.

We're thrilled that two of the young writers, Ghizlane Derouich and Rim Berrada, were honored with the Costa Goldex Young Writer's Prize at the Marrakech English Book Festival in January! Thank you Costa Coffee. Learn more.

From the Field

"The Women's Work Center is not just a physical space. It is a symbol of hope and change. It reminds us that together, we can create a world where women are celebrated and empowered."

~ Hellen Nchoko, Manager of the Oliveseed Women's Work Center