The Pangea Network

Kenya - Student Sponsorship Program: The Student Sponsorship Program supports disadvantaged and bright students who lack financial ability to access education. Over the last 12 years, Pangea has educated 46 students in primary, high school and university or college. In addition, through annual retreats, the boys and girls interact with staff, peers and professionals from different fields who guide and motivate them on life skills and careers. Students who graduate from high school are also able to attend the Daystar University Leadership program which builds skills for success in college and in the workplace. The goal of the program is to educate and graduate young, responsible and competent adults who will positively influence their communities. In 2023, the program supported 23 students through their year of education and saw 5 graduate from their college studies.

U.S. - Young Women's Leadership Challenge (YWLC): YWLC's goal is to empower high school aged young women from diverse backgrounds to be confident, financially literate, globally aware and prepared leaders to achieve their dreams and be changemakers in their communities and beyond. The program provides an opportunity for young women to gain the tools necessary to get them successfully to and through college and into the workplace. This is a year-long program that starts with a summer intensive conference and followed by monthly meetings. During 2023, the program was delivered in-person and virtual monthly meetings. The program had 32 participants participating from January - April and a new cohort of 28 starting in June.

Kenya - Kenyan Women's Network: The Kenyan Women's Network program focuses on the social and economic empowerment of women living in extreme poverty. Pangea works with groups of women known as cooperatives and provides training in leadership, human rights, basic business skills and bookkeeping, personal development, nutrition, hygiene and reproductive health. The majority of the members are small scale traders and farmers engaged in different businesses. In 2023, Pangea was able to train 17 women to become trainers, helping us to expand our reach through locally empowered women in each of the areas we currently work. With this increased capacity, Pangea provided workshops to 370 women in life and business skills throughout the year and provided business mentorship for 428 women already in the network, along with revolving funds for small business growth. Pangea served a total of 798 women through these efforts in 2023.

TUDAI - Pangea's Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health program continued its growth of this program by beginning to work with a new cohort of 375 girls in three western counties of Kenya. The primary goal of the TUDAI program is to empower adolescents to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, aiming to reduce vulnerabilities and ensure the protection of their rights. The initiative seeks to instill a shared sense of responsibility within communities to support girls in completing their education and leading successful lives. The project first engaged community leaders and stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the topic and issues affecting young girls and ensure the communities were ready to support these efforts. The team then invited parents and guardians to trainings to share the program and hear from them what they see the issues are and get their support for beginning dialogue around the topic with their children and others. The team utilized the previously trained Peer Educators from each of these communities to conduct a series of workshops with 375 girls in August and December of 2023.