About Us
We are a US-based non-profit organization that empowers women and youth from under-resourced communities of Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States to attain a quality education, create a sustainable livelihood and achieve financial independence.
Our foundation began in 1995, with the goal of providing black dolls to black and brown South African children who, because of apartheid, had never seen dolls made in their likeness. 15,000 new dolls were distributed through PPF’s mobilization of volunteers in churches, synagogues, schools, colleges and community organizations throughout the U.S. Since that time, PPF has channeled close to $100,000 in humanitarian grants to community groups and schools, distributed over 3,000 school uniforms to low-income students in Uganda and the South African provinces, and supported work-readiness and entrepreneurship training for over 1,000 women in South Africa and the US. We look forward to continuing to make a real difference in the lives of those we touch for the next decade and beyond.
Goals:
Our foundation began in 1995, with the goal of providing black dolls to black and brown South African children who, because of apartheid, had never seen dolls made in their likeness. 15,000 new dolls were distributed through PPF’s mobilization of volunteers in churches, synagogues, schools, colleges and community organizations throughout the U.S. Since that time, PPF has channeled close to $100,000 in humanitarian grants to community groups and schools, distributed over 3,000 school uniforms to low-income students in Uganda and the South African provinces, and supported work-readiness and entrepreneurship training for over 1,000 women in South Africa and the US. We look forward to continuing to make a real difference in the lives of those we touch for the next decade and beyond.
Goals:
- Generate resources for programs that increase self-esteem, strengthen education, and reduce poverty in targeted Southern African and US communities.
- Restore hope, raise self-esteem and promote self-sufficiency in women and youth from under-resourced areas of Southern Africa and the US.
- Heighten the awareness of US youth and adults on key socio-economic issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Counter the isolation of local communities in Sub-Saharan Africa by linking them to international partners.
Throughout its history, Project People Foundation has been proud to count on the support of The Africa Fund, Kellogg Foundation, BP Foundation, Cedar Foundation, Avon Foundation, The Sister Fund, Central Synagogue, Marble Collegiate Church, The Links, 100 Black Men, Union Theological Seminary; The World Bank, The Gruenburg Foundation, The Riverside Church, DDB Worldwide, our Board Giving Circle and thousands of generous individual donors.