The mission of Project Akilah is to transform the lives of young women by empowering them with the skills and knowledge to find meaningful employment and to overcome poverty.

Project Akilah is working with the Rwandan Ministry of Education to develop a training and leadership institute for young women. The Akilah Institute for Women will provide our students with practical and market-relevant skills that will help them to find meaningful employment in their communities.

The Akilah institute will address a critical problem in Rwanda: lack of higher education opportunities for young women. Only 1 percent of Rwandans complete university and less than a third of those students are women.