Issue №01 · The Foundation Report Empowering since 2020Lagos & Ogun State

Every girl carries
a future.
We’re here
to protect it.

DEW Empowerment Foundation walks alongside vulnerable girls and women across Nigeria — providing education, mentorship, leadership training, and a clear path out of poverty. We invest in the girls everyone else overlooks.

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DEW Empowerment Foundation leadership at the Dew Business School training event — The 2025 Dew Business School cohort — financial literacy, vision boarding, and goal-setting workshops in Ojodu, Lagos.

By the numbers · 2020–2025

Five years of quiet, persistent work — and counting.

Years building a sustained empowerment movement

Girls directly sponsored through schools and scholarships

Programs delivered across communities and schools

Operational branches between Lagos & Ogun State

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What we do — four pillars, one purpose.

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01 / Empowerment

Women & girls empowerment

Personal development, confidence-building, mentorship, and leadership programs designed for vulnerable girls and young women.

02 / Advocacy

GBV prevention & advocacy

Community education, advocacy campaigns, and digital awareness initiatives that confront gender-based violence at its source.

03 / Leadership

Leadership & capacity building

Training in leadership, public speaking, governance, and facilitation — equipping women to lead in every sphere they enter.

04 / Education

Education support initiative

Scholarships, school uniforms, exercise books and academic guidance — practical resources that keep vulnerable girls in school.

Our conviction

When you educate a girl, you don’t change one life — you change the trajectory of an entire community.

Dr. Funmilayo Arowoogun · President, BOT

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A foundation built
on a simple idea.

About us →

DEW Business School training session — financial literacy and vision boarding

DEW Empowerment Foundation is a registered Nigerian non-profit dedicated to transforming the lives of vulnerable girls and women through education, skills development, entrepreneurship, mentorship, and access to opportunity.

We focus on the girls most at risk of being left behind: those from low-income homes, communities affected by gender-based violence, and rural settings with limited educational infrastructure. Our work is local, our methods are practical, and our commitment is long-term.

We believe every girl carries within her the potential to thrive, lead, and transform her community. Our job is to clear the obstacles.

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The women leading
the foundation.

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Dr. Funmilayo Arowoogun

President — BOT

Business consultant and agribusiness entrepreneur leading the foundation’s strategic direction.

Vivian Okpara

Chairperson

Author, entrepreneur, and Microsoft–ILO Women in Digital Business trainer.

Dr. Aisha Ime-James

Secretary — BOT

Founder & CEO of Ample Eco Limited and Ample Foods, driving operational excellence.

Bolanle Fashola

Vice Chairperson

Travel and agribusiness entrepreneur with deep community ties across Lagos.

Stand with a girl who has every reason to give up — and isn’t.

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In partnership with organisations advancing women’s economic and social futures.