Girls of Tomorrow Foundation

The Girls of Tomorrow Foundation's mission is help Ugandan women to empower themselves through sustainable projects that enable them gain financial independence. We also support girl’s education by offering full time scholarships, as well as by sponsoring unique experiential learning opportunities.

We believe that girls are empowered by giving back to their own communities, and therefore our programs offer participants the chance to engage in philanthropy projects within their own village.

Our founders Jenna (Canadian) and Majorine (Ugandan) met on a penpal platform on March 10th, 2014. They exchanged stories about women’s experiences in their home countries and realized that they had a shared passion of empowering girls and women. Majorine told Jenna of her dreams to begin an organization in her community that supported single mothers. The girls agreed they would partner up in an effort to support girls and women in Majo’s community. By November 2014, they began a project that raised funds to buy candles crafted by Ugandan women, and then distributed those candles to single mothers in Wakiso in need of a light source. Following the success of the project, they officially launched the “Rise and Shine Girl’s Club” at the beginning of 2015. The objective was to start economically empowering projects for women, as well as support girls’ education. Over the next 4 years, Rise and Shine Girl’s club expanded, and by March 2018, Majo and Jenna began the process of applying for Canadian charitable status.

On September 9, 2019 the “Rise and Shine Girl’s Club” officially became the “Girls of Tomorrow Foundation”. Today the Girl's of Tomorrow Foundation has a Scholarship Program, a Solar Panel Program, a Permaculture Program, an Entrepreneur Program and a Menstrual Health Program.

We believe she's G.O.T. what it takes to be the hero in her own story.