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The Betty Carew Foundation (BCF) is a vital 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization seeking to empower marginalized women globally through educational development and entrepreneurship.
According to the United Nations (UN), approximately 724 million people worldwide live below the poverty line.¹ The eradication of poverty is the UN’s top Sustainable Development Goal. Additionally, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the need to invest in young women’s education and expand opportunities for them, as they continue to face unequal access to education and skills development. Furthermore, the UN emphasizes that gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are essential to achieving sustainable development by 2030.²
One of the organizations the BCF supports is The Betty Carew Women’s Training Center (BCWTC), a United Methodist non-profit organization in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The center works to improve the lives of young women who could not succeed in formal education due to early arranged marriages, poverty, and teenage pregnancy. The BCWTC provides vocational training and job opportunities so that these women can create better lives for themselves, their children, and their communities.
Our Vision
Envision a world where women and children are free from poverty. We strive for a world where every woman has equitable access to opportunities for education, healthcare, and economic empowerment.
Our Mission
Provide economic empowerment for marginalized women globally through educational development and entrepreneurship. We will empower thousands of young women globally to live better lives.
Our Values
Engage, Educate, Empower, & Elevate
Empowering women will accelerate the elimination of poverty in societies.
¹ United Nations, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023 (New York: United Nations, 2023), https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2023.pdf.
² UN High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Leave No One Behind: A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment (United Nations, 2016), https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/hlp-wee-report-2016-09-call-to-action-en.pdf.
