In honor of International Women's Day, WomensTrust has teamed up with artist @rakelle to celebrate the work of this community and show what happens when girls and women receive support. By buying this shirt, you are helping to support the work of WomensTrust and the women of Ghana!
"Wiz Kids" depicts a young Trust Scholar wIth a laptop - the image is an emoji portrait that is filled with symbols that symbolize the many types of support that WomensTrust provides to promising young students: emoji ABCDs, babies, batteries, books, crayons, earth, girls, keyboards, keys, laptops, light bulbs, lightning bolts, love letters, microscopes, notebooks, old women, paintbrushes, pencils, princesses, old women, open books,, telescopes, UP!, women astronauts, women doctors, women executives, women graduates, women judges, women scientists, writings, and Ghanaian symbols for excellence, intelligence & ingenuity, linked hearts, and love and security. These emojis and symbols tell the story of WomensTrust. By equipping and educating women and girls, WomensTrust transforms whole communities. --@rakelle
For more context, read this quote from Barbara Lucas, Chair of WomensTrust, in this year's newsletter - "After years of helping thousands of girls with the costs of middle and high school, we began to award college scholarships. The first twelve young women to complete the program now have college degrees and are working in their chosen professions as nurses, accountants and teachers. That’s a tremendous accomplishment. But the effects of what they’ve achieved go beyond their personal triumphs. By having them “pay it forward” as role models, meeting with younger girls and inspiring them with their stories, they’ve enabled so many others to see their true potential. Twenty-one additional girls are currently enrolled in college, including one student in medical school. Hundreds of younger girls are determined to follow behind them. We’re helping them to prepare with rigorous after-school programs in English, Math, and Information Communication Technology. Families can now see first-hand the importance of girls’ education. A cadre of educated young women are changing the world they live in, which looks at them with “new eyes,” just as they look at themselves."
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