LEAD GIRLS AFRICA (Rahel Randy Foundation) is a grass-roots humanitarian and development non-profit organization founded and run by Ebot Rahel Eyong and other like-minded individuals who are passionate and dedicated to empowering and improving the lives of less privileged women and girls. LGA is a grant seeker (not a grant maker yet), governed by Cameroonian Law No. 90/053 of December 19, 1990. It obtained its legal authorization in 2018 following Registration No. 093/2018/DR/C19/SAAJP as “EDUCATION AND HELP FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED AND ORPHAN GIRLS” and changed its name in September 2022 to LEAD GIRLS AFRICA following Registration No. 642/2022/L/C19/SAAJP with all its crew made up of devoted volunteers.
LGA is an NGO based in Douala, Cameroon, Africa that has been promoting girl child education, fighting hunger, fighting period poverty, paying health bills for women and children, and empowering women and girls since 2016 through the following programs:
- The Red Dot Project (fighting period poverty)
- Empowerment (Economic, Social, Educational etc)
- Education Outreach Project
- Health Outreach Project for Women and Children
- Daily Food Aid Program
- Vision
- Lead Girls Africa dreams of a society with equal opportunities for women and girls to thrive and realize their potential.
- Mission
- To develop the potential of women and girls through capacity building, empowerment, and education.
- Objectives
- To enhance access to quality education for less-privileged women and girls
- To empower and build the capacity of less privileged women and girls
- To give women and girls an equal opportunity in society.
- To improve access to productive resources for women and girls
- Target Beneficiaries
- The work of LGA targets vulnerable and less privileged women and girls both in rural and urban communities.
- The work of the LGA targets women, girls, and children.