All proceeds from the 2019 Black & White Gala will benefit a fantastic organization:
Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC)
"If you are planning for a year, sow rice.
If you are planning for a decade, plant trees.
If you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."
~Chinese Proverb
About EGRC
Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC) is a registered Canadian charity. Established in 2005, EGRC was registered in China in 2017.
EGRC believes that educated women have educated children. Their mission is to provide financial sponsorship and emotional support to young women from rural regions of Western China to receive high school and university education. EGRC provides further opportunities to these women who have the potential to become the future female leaders that China and the world needs.
Thanks to EGRC's generous supporters, over the last 14 years thousands of young women's lives have been changed: their families have been lifted out of poverty and their children will be educated too. This is the power of educating women!
EGRC Programs
· Sponsor female students without financial means for the duration of their undergraduate studies.
· Sponsor female students without financial means for the duration of their high school studies.
· Assist EGRC university graduates with enrollment in graduate programs at international universities.
· Sponsor female students two-year vocational school studies.
· Provide further career, internship, and training opportunities for university graduates.
EGRC Success
· Over 1041 young women have received sponsorships;
· Students have achieved a graduation rate of above 99% ;
· University alumni employment rate of 100% ;
· 100% of our communities families lifted out of poverty;
· University graduates continue forward by donating back, mentoring younger students, and acting as ambassadors for EGRC to help raise funds and awareness.