Celebrate 20 Years of Transforming Lives
Our 20th anniversary is a time to celebrate the impact we’ve built together over two decades. To mark this milestone, we are introducing our 20 for 20 Planned Giving Initiative, inviting supporters to consider how their values can create opportunity for generations to come.
Together, we can ensure that future scholars continue to experience the life-changing power of education.
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📢 For the next 2 days, you have the chance to make twice the difference!
WMI Board Member Claire Marie Thomas is generously matching all donations—up to $2500—to help ambitious young leaders access higher education and create lasting change in their communities. That means your gift today will go twice as far.
🌍 Across Africa and beyond, WMI Scholars are becoming doctors, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. They're tackling local challenges with determination, innovation, and a commitment to service.
But they can't do it alone.
Will you help us unlock Claire's $2500 challenge and double your impact before TOMORROW, June 30th? Every dollar you give today creates twice the opportunity for future leaders.
Thank you for being an integral part of this community. 💗
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🌱On this International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, we want to shine the spotlight on WMI Scholar Nura Muhammad Umar, a medical student at Bayero University Kano. As a co-founder and Program Coordinator of the NextGen Shapers Foundation, Nura led a drug abuse awareness campaign at Government College Kano, reaching 150 secondary school students with vital information on the dangers of substance abuse and the importance of making healthy choices.💙
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 70% of people receiving treatment for drug use disorders in Africa are under the age of 35, highlighting the disproportionate impact of substance abuse on young people across the continent.
Nura believes that early education is key to prevention. By equipping students with knowledge before harmful behaviors begin, he is helping to build safer schools, healthier communities, and a more responsible generation.
At WMI, we are proud to support scholars who use their education and leadership to create lasting change.
#InternationalDayAgainstDrugAbuse #wmischolars
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🌍 20 for 20 Highlight: From child soldier to humanitarian leader
As a young boy in South Sudan, Mayom Mabuong's education was interrupted by war. After losing his father and being forced into military service at age 15, his future seemed uncertain. But Mayom never gave up on his dream of creating a better life, for himself and others.
🎓 With support from the WMI scholarship, Mayom earned degrees in Community Health and Humanitarian & Conflict Studies. Today, he serves with South Sudan's Ministry of Health and leads Errand of Mercy International, delivering emergency humanitarian assistance across the country.
💡 Through WMI's Community Development Grants and President's First Award programs, Mayom has also launched livelihood initiatives that help families build economic stability, and established Community Information Hubs that expand access to reliable information in his home country of South Sudan.
His story is a reminder of the power of a dream colliding with opportunity, ambition, and purpose.
Please join us in uplifting Mayom's journey and continuing to share his story!
✨ Want to meet the other extraordinary scholars we are featuring as part of our 20th anniversary campaign? You can learn more here: www.wellsmountaininitiative.org/20-for-20/
#20for20 #impactstory #EducationChangesLives #SouthSudan #CommunityLeadership #humanitarian #HumanitarianImpact #ScholarSuccess #GlobalImpact
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