She-Can

In 2011, SHE-CAN began recruiting scholars from Rwanda. By 2014, the organization had expanded into Cambodia, and in 2018, recruited the first class of scholars in Liberia. Most recently, SHE-CAN expanded into Guatemala in 2021. To date, 103 scholars have won over $27M in scholarships to American colleges and universities. SHE-CAN saw an opportunity to engage U.S. schools as partners and in 2015 formed the SHE-CAN Scholarship Coalition, comprised of a group of 12 partner schools who have each committed to award annual full scholarships to SHE-CAN candidates. SHE-CAN targets only low income, high potential scholars who lack access to opportunity. Scholars have attended a total of 35 schools including Dartmouth, Georgetown, and University of San Francisco. Additionally, sixteen new candidates from Cambodia, Liberia, and Guatemala have been selected and are applying for 2024 admittance. Each scholar in the program is matched with a team of 5-6 mentors and today there is a deep pool of over 330 impressive and powerful mentors. These mentors help their scholar navigate the college application processes, support her emotionally, academically while she is in school, and provide valuable networking resources to help her establish her career once she returns home. SHE-CAN provides in-country SAT test preparation, English language prep, leadership training, college readiness. We also funds all non-scholarship costs such as relevant taxtes, plane tickets, computers, books, health insurance, phones, dormitory supplies and winter wardrobes. SHE-CAN's 56 program graduates are thriving in impressive careers and several are already leaders, including the Minister of State at the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure, a Program Manager at a Cambodian clean energy company, and the Advisor to the Rwandan Minister of Trade and Industry. Given their success, SHE-CAN plans to scale into new markets in the coming years.