Brown Girl woke scholarship program
Helping Students in Samoa reach a higher education and social change
Announcement: BGW Alofa Initiative Launch
Build Community and Build Your Career
Today, more than around 20 percent of Samoans do live under the national poverty line. The causes of poverty in Samoa ultimately boil down to lack of access to education, youth unemployment and underemployment, gender inequity and threats to natural resources and farming land like natural disasters.
Contribute your skills, talents, and motivation to change the lives of people in your village or in a community across the country. Join the nearly 100 annually who make this commitment.
As a BGW member, you can make a tangible difference in people’s lives while earning invaluable professional experience.
Give Now to Change Tomorrow
Our Scholarship programs allow our BGW Club members to further their tertiary studies in which their skills and knowledge go towards the development of our community in which they provide much help and support through different programs and events we hold for youth.
As funds for our Employment programs allow our Club members and mentors to continue their work within the community and helping to create awareness and safe spaces for our youth in differents areas as Domestic and Sexual violence, Bullying, Physical and Mental Health, all of which they provide workshops and youth programs involving Music and Performing Arts, Reading, Writing, Spoken word and much more!
Source: Samoa Observer
Scholarship Annoucement
Thank you to our scholarship team especially our lead person, Martin Sausoo who made sure that everything during the scholarship process ran smoothly.
Thank you to Gems of the South Pacific that ran fundraisers through Christmas to make sure we can fund these scholarships. Especially Luana Nauer that worked hard for 30 day concert fundraiser to give back our youth in Samoa
Why Donate?
All donations go to those who need it most. Philanthropy benefits both the donor and the recipient.
All donations go towards scholarships and work study projects
We rely on donations to support life changing research, scholarships and projects.
When the shared passions of donors and recipients come together lasting change is made possible.
With your support we are reimagining the future. After school programs using performance arts as safe spaces to speak on domestic violence and sexual abuse, making safe spaces in villages for young girls and boys to go too, having young men speak up inequality on patriarch system these antiquities to drive innovation and education to lift a nation.
Give a donation now and help us go further, beyond boundaries and above the realms of what’s possible.
Our Scholarship Recipients
Our past and current receivers of our scholarship program
Krista Lee
Lino Williams
Victory Tamalelagi
Vaimoli Tapelu
Our Employment Program
Assisting our youth to gain employment
Kieran Ah Sam
Fetuoletapuitea Nu'uvali
Chrioni Posini
Our Grant Projects
Working together with Australian Aid for our menstrual cycle education program
Vaimoana Mikaele
Anamaria Tino
Benefits of our Scholarship Program
Professional development training
Students will be trained by Brown Girl Woke founder, Maluseu Doris Tulifau and NGO’s from community and American Samoa and visiting organizations.
Eligibility
- 18 Years of Age
- Samoan Citizen
End of service award
Successful recipients shall receive an allowance upon entrance into our scholarship program funded by your donations.
How To Donate
We currently have 2 methods you can donate to Brown Girl Woke. For our US donors you can donate via Venmo or donations will be accepted via PayPal. We also accept donations via our GoFundMe page. If you would prefer to donate a different way please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us using our Contact Form.
Note: Please make sure to leave a comment mentioning you’re donating to our ‘Scholarship Program’.
All donations will be listed on our website.
Donate via PayPal
If you wish to instead send a monetary donation to Brown Girl Woke to help us fund the shpping costs, you can donate via our PayPal.
Donate via Venmo
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Donate via GoFundMe
You can also donate via our GoFundMe page we’ve set up
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