Below is a high-level overview of our strategic roadmap, which will evolve as we advance our mission of empowering women and girls, particularly in underserved African regions and their global diaspora. This roadmap outlines the approaches and frameworks we will use to deploy resources and implement impactful initiatives.
“Approaches” refer to the methods and strategies we will adopt to channel resources effectively, ensuring they contribute to sustainable development and meaningful change for women, girls, and their communities.
At no point will any of the approaches listed below provide financial returns or direct capital benefits to individuals. All efforts and resources are dedicated solely to advancing our mission, fostering empowerment, and creating lasting, measurable progress aligned with our vision.
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Foundation Opening
Active Nov, 2024
Platform Launch
Launch of our platform and initiative fund, providing global contributors with an opportunity to support the empowerment of women and girls, starting with underserved communities in Africa
First Project
Active Nov, 2024
The Empowerment
Education is not universally accessible, and in many regions, girls are often the first to be denied the opportunity to learn.
Educating a girl transforms lives: Investing in girls’ education and fostering young women’s leadership is a powerful catalyst for enhancing the health and economic well-being of entire nations.
12 Days of Giving: Christmas Outreach
Active Dec, 2024
Spreading warmth through food, support, and sisterhood
This festive season, A Thousand Women launched a 12-day giving campaign to bring joy and relief to widows and underserved families. With the help of our community, we raised funds and provided food and financial support, ensuring that no one felt alone or forgotten at Christmas.
STATUS: Completed
the ‘end period poverty’ Project
Active Jan, 2025
Ending Period Poverty, One Cycle At A Time
In just a few months, our End Period Poverty project has reached over 500 girls, distributing more than 5,000 sanitary pads to ensure that no girl has to miss school because of her period.
Our goal is to give every girl the dignity and freedom to learn, without barriers.
STATUS: Ongoing
Educate a Girl Child initiative
Active Jan, 2025
Educate a Girl, Empower a Nation
Since launching the Educate a Girl Child initiative, we’ve provided educational support to over 5,000 students across Nigeria.
From school bags and stationery to sexual health and empowerment sessions, this project is rooted in the belief that education is the key to breaking cycles of poverty and inequality.
This initiative not only keeps girls in school, but gives them the tools to thrive in the classroom and beyond
STATUS: Ongoing
International day of education
Active Jan, 2025
Celebrating the power of education to transform futures
A Thousand Women commemorated the International Day of Education 2025 with a large-scale outreach focused on learning access, leadership, and empowerment.
Over 200 girls participated in workshops and activities affirming that education is not just a tool, it’s a right.
STATUS: Completed
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Active Feb, 2025
Inspiring girls to dream bigger through science
On February 11th, we marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 by engaging students in classroom sessions that highlighted the power of curiosity, education, and representation in STEM.
Our goal: to spark belief in every girl that she, too, belongs in science.
STATUS: Completed
International Women’s Day 2025
Active Mar, 2025
Inspiring girls to dream bigger through science
On March 8th, A Thousand Women honoured the voices, strength, and impact of women and girls, from mothers to educators, mentors to students.
This year’s celebration spotlighted intergenerational empowerment and the theme “The Girls of Today Becoming the Women of Tomorrow.”
STATUS: Completed
World Health Day OutREACH
Active Apr, 2025
My Health, My Right
In celebration of World Health Day 2025, A Thousand Women carried out a clinical outreach at Central Hospital Ughelli, reaching mothers and newborns in the Children and Maternity Wards. Focused on the theme “My Health, My Right,” the visit marked the start of our campaign advocating for accessible, quality care for women and children in underserved communities.
STATUS: Completed
Next – Scope expansion
Not Started
Go Deeper to the Rural Communities
Expand Focus to Southern and Eastern Nigeria
Imagine Life as a Young Girl in Rural Africa
Broaden our funding reach to include communities in the southern and eastern regions of Nigeria, providing targeted support and resources to advance opportunities for women and girls in these areas.
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Educating a girl is the foundation for transforming a nation.
According to the World Bank’s 2018 report:
“Missed Opportunities: The High Cost of Not Educating Girls,” women with secondary education earn nearly twice as much as those with no education. The report also estimates that limited educational opportunities for girls and barriers to completing 12 years of education cost countries between $15 trillion and $30 trillion in lost lifetime productivity and earnings.
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