WISER International

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WISER International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in North Carolina and is the major fundraising and strategic partner for the Kenya-based WISER NGO.

WISER believes that no girl is in too remote of an area or too difficult of a situation to be beyond empowerment through education and health. In rural Kenya, we’ve put this belief into practice and created an evidence-based approach that lifts girls and their communities to heights that were once thought to be impossible. Our residential education program graduates 100% of its students with 93% enrolling in college. Our community health programs reach nearly 2,000 youth each year. Our clean water system is the sole source of treated water for 15,000 girls and their families. And every WISER program is girl-led, locally-based, and holistic in nature.

Our Vision
We imagine a world where girls are healthy, educated, and in control of their own destiny – free from violence, disease, and limitations based on gender.

Our Mission
WISER works with girls to transcend poverty, HIV/AIDS, and gender-based violence. We do this by creating environments that empower young women to drive change in their communities.

What We Do
• Provide quality girls education: WISER provides everything a girl needs to be successful including — clothes, books, safe housing, female role models, leadership training, healthy food, mosquito nets, HIV education, and essential medicine.
• Offer health education and essential resources: All students at WISER receive sanitary pads, information about menstrual hygiene management, and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health training. Girls at WISER also receive three balanced meals each day – often featuring food from our on-campus sustainable garden! Girls are given access to free HIV and TB screenings multiple times a year and essential medicines to treat malaria are available on-site.
• Create opportunities for psychosocial support: Girls at WISER are sorted into “Houses of Wisdom” – peer-led guidance and counselling groups that meet weekly to discuss health, psychological challenges, or social issues in a safe environment.
• Engage and support the community: Annual Health Fair; Clean Water; HIV Prevention; Sexual and Reproductive Health Training.

Zack Fowler is the Executive Director of WISER International.

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