Have you ever stopped and considered how truly blessed we are to be able to attend college? For all we complain about exams and papers, the reality is there are people around the world who are not blessed with the same opportunities that we are. Tammy Tibbetts wanted to challenge that when she started her nonprofit organization She’s the First. She’s the First is an organization that sponsors girls in low income countries to be able to go to school. You can either donate as a one-time thing or pick a girls story and support her throughout her educational career.
Education can be a powerful tool to women in third world countries where prostitution is many people’s only option. This program can give the girls a bright future as being the first girl from her family to graduate from secondary school. This program helps out in 10 countries worldwide and has so far supported 382 girls with education.
I think that Tammy is a great example of a social entrepreneur. Her drive to help others can encourage us that as entrepreneurs we are able to make big impacts. We should not shy away from taking risks when the reward can be something like 896 years of education.
This is really interesting. It sounds similar to Flora Stationary I blogged about earlier. Is the money just donated or do they sell a product and take a portion of the sales to give?