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Announcing the winner of the3rd Annual WeGo Awards

HEALING FIELDS FOUNDATION

Welcome

We are pleased to showcase the finalists in the third annual Women and Girls Opportunity Awards (WeGO Awards). This award shines a light on the innovative work being done by Opportunity's partners to empower women and girls.

The annual awards serve three purposes:

  1. To advance important work further with cash prize awards. First place receives $15,000, second place receives $7,500, and third place receives $3,750.
  2. To disseminate ideas and inspiration among the industry.
  3. To celebrate and reward innovative programming that is making a real impact on the lives of women and girls around the world.

All Opportunity partners are invited to submit applications. Opportunity staff screens applications and puts forward semi-finalists to a panel of women volunteers, who discuss and scored each project. Voting on the finalists is open to the public.

The Finalists

Read about the Top 3 finalists below.

First Place

Healing Fields

Empowering women as community health trainers

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Telangana in India

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Second Place

Roots of Change

Economic empowerment of rural women

Rural Ghana (northern and eastern) and Rural D.R. Congo (Kinshasa and Gemena)

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Third Place

Community-Led Economic Development

Women’s health in rural communities

Masaya, Granada and Rivas in Nicaragua

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Thank You

Thank you to our sponsors: Dominic & Nada Salvino, A Friend of Opportunity, Julia & Philip Wade, The Hall Family, Jill & Scott Wine

To read more about Opportunity’s work to empower women and girls around the world,
start learning here.

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