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Provide bright disadvantaged youth with higher education, leadership training, fellowships, and grant opportunities for projects they lead to advance their global communities.
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Check or Credit Card Donation by Mail
Please fill out our WMI Donation Form and send your contribution to:
Wells Mountain Initiative
25D Main Street
Bristol, Vermont 05443
USA
Sponsor a Scholar
For $2,500 you can support a scholar for one year including the cost of tuition, books, academic and leadership support.
Donors will be matched with a scholar and receive two updates a year on their academic and community service work and have the opportunity to name the scholarship in honor of a loved one.
If you commit to a scholar’s entire education, you will have the opportunity to get video updates from sponsee, the option for a one-on-one Zoom call, and annual updates after they graduate.
Education is the cornerstone of eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable community-led social change and too many talented and promising students across the developing world do not have access to higher education because of a lack of funds.
When all people have opportunities, we all benefit by living in a safer, healthier and more just world. You have the opportunity to help talented and deserving students achieve their dreams.
Your contribution of any amount will make a difference. Because we are a small organization with such a global reach, community support is fundamental to our success. All donations are tax deductible.
Thank You!
What's Happening at WMI?
"After enrolling at the University of Venda in 2019, I had to drop out in 2020 and 2021 due to financial exclusion. Thankfully, in 2022, the Wells Mountain Initiative came to my rescue by funding my studies.
Today, I am proud to share that, with the support of WMI, I have successfully earned my Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University Of Venda.
It has been a long journey filled with challenges, but I am grateful that I didn’t allow circumstances to determine my future. I remain part of the WMI family not as a student scholar, but now as a graduate scholar." - Stella Mangwaya, Graduate Scholar from Zimbabwe
Congratulations, Stella! 🌟🌟🌟
We are honored to be a part of your story.
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📉 International development has plummeted in 2025.
This abrupt decrease in foreign aid has been especially devastating in Africa, with funding cuts to crucial health programs, water sanitation, and emergency food access.
The need for impassioned, prepared, and connected local leaders is GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. Leaders who understand their communities' unique needs and are well-equipped to meet those needs with determination and care.
That is why today we are urging you to help meet this important need through the STANDING TOGETHER: Local Solutions that are Here to Stay campaign. Through WMI’s unique model, we empower local leaders through:
📘 University scholarships
🌱 Project start-up funding
🤝 Mentorship and a network of peers and professionals
We have set an ambitious goal to raise $130,000 by June 30. WHY? Because the need is urgent, and your gift will ensure we can fund the next cohort of exceptional scholars who will stand together toward local solutions and progress.
💝 Please make a gift today.
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⭐️Scholar Spotlight⭐️
Precious Mhlanga is a WMI Alumna from Eswatini who completed her degree in Education in 2020. After witnessing rampant drug abuse and criminal behavior in her community, she decided to do something about it.
Through WMI's Community Development Grants (CDG) program, Precious received a seed grant in 2024, and is now providing career and college readiness training to high school students, giving the young people of Eswatini a renewed sense of hope and pathways for the future. 🌠
Want to learn more about the CDG program and its global impact? Check out www.wellsmountaininitiative.org/what-we-do-act/
#GlobalLeadership #GrassrootsLeadership #dreamplando
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Today, we celebrate the wonderful mothers across the globe! 🌍
Thank you for the many ways you are positively transforming your families, communities, and nations. Each and every day. 💗
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Happy Mother's Day
Happy mother's day
Happy Mother's Day 🌺 😊
Your 2024 Impact Report is Here! 🌟
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On behalf of WMI’s Board of Directors and staff, we are thrilled to share our newly published 2024 Impact Report — a profound reflection of this community's generosity and belief in our mission.
TOGETHER in 2024, we:
✅ Educated 334 Student Scholars
✅ Have funded 145 total projects through the Community Development Grants (CDG) program
✅ Equipped global leaders in 55 countries worldwide
The ripple effects are extraordinary! With your support, WMI Scholars:
✅ Served 630,770 people through locally designed
projects
✅ Volunteered 97,088 hours in their communities
✅ Employed over 443 people
In these tumultuous times, access to quality education is more critical than ever. Together, we are empowering the next generation of global changemakers to shape a new future, from the ground up.
THANK YOU! 💝
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Congratulations WMI
The ripple effect is beyond the ordinary. One of the best is not the best (Best ffor some of us).
Please is the application for 2024 review finished,or it is still reviewing, we would like to know some information about it.
⌛️ WMI’s 2024 Impact Report is coming soon!
📧 Want to be one of the first to experience the amazing stories and updates that you helped make possible? Subscribe to our mailing list! tinyurl.com/h3mvxtkk
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WMI’s work in uplifting scholars from underserved communities is truly inspiring. As a passionate advocate for change, I am looking forward to read the 2024 Impact Report and learn from the real stories of transformation you support. I look forward to one day being a part of this incredible network of changemakers—giving back and creating impact in my own local community.
Looking forward to it
Thank you WMI 🙏🙏
