BY LIFTING OTHERS

WE RISE

The International Foundation For Women's and Children's Empowerment

A LITTLE ABOUT US

Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves

Here at The International Foundation for Women's & Children's Empowerment, affectionately known as IFWCE ("if-we-see"), we strive to live up to our rather lengthy name. We are international: a partnership between citizens from multiple countries. We are a 501c(3) nonprofit foundation. We focus on lifting entire communities by targeting its most vulnerable populations: women & children. And our ultimate goal is empowerment: the ability for someone to create their own meaningful and fulfilling life.

THE FOUR PILLARS OF EMPOWERMENT

We recognize oppression as opportunity in disguise. By targeting areas of oppression (eg. poverty, ignorance, disease, and inequality) we unlock humanity's hidden potential.

Financial Security

Education

Health

Human Rights

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

Nelson Mandela

OUR PROGRAMS

Each IFWCE intervention is carefully designed to meet our organizational standards: 100% transparency (ask us anything!), self-sufficiency (because what's the point if everything disappears once we are gone?), and beneficiary-lead (listen to the people and then partner with them).

RABBIT HUSBANDRY

Cultivate a simple cure for Kwashiorkor starvation.

PIGGERY

Kickstart someone's first entrepreneurial endeavor.

SOLAR LIGHTS FOR EDUCATION

Light up the future by enabling schoolwork after sunset.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH

Prevent child marriage by sending a girl to school.

BOOKS ON BIKES

Get rolling with a Ugandan bookmobile.

NO BOUNDARIES, PERIOD.

Prevent dropout with reusable menstrual pads.

MATERNAL HEALTH

Make a partnership for life.

WATER PROJECT

Quench the thirst for equality.

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OUR FAMILIES

IFWCE is structured around a focus group of twenty-one families. These families come from different communities but share at least one thing in common: they were the most vulnerable and poorest of their villages. They literally "started from the bottom". Read their inspiring stories of empowerment to see how far they've come.

Meet Our Families

OUR STUDENTS

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TUHEISEMUKAMA PRAKISEDA

Grade 6 - Age 14
Future Teacher

My father is an abusive alcoholic. We are poor and he spends so much on alcohol we often do not have money for school. I have been chased away from school many times for not having books and pencils. I want to become a teacher so I can advocate for vulnerable children like me.

Sponsor Prakiseda