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Viola Vaughn, Exec. Dir. of WHEPSA (Women's Health, Education and
Prevention Strategies Alliance), sponsor of 10000girls.org
Buttercup Farms is honored that its Senegalese projects are managed primarily by the dynamic Viola Vaughn, whose passion for female empowerment has inspired and aided thousands of young women to make quantum leaps forward in both academic and business education.
Through Viola’s devotion and leadership, the 10,000 Girls program is teaching young women self-reliance through vocational training and entrepreneurial skills once they leave school. A pastry shop and catering business, and a sewing workshop that produces handcrafts for sale, are staffed and run by the girls themselves. These successful businesses not only benefit the employees, but also generate income to support program continuation.

Please visit the website at www.10000girls.org to learn more about these enriching and multi-faceted activities.

Other Buttercup Farms endeavors in Senegal include the establishment of a clinic to benefit residents of a community in the interior, and educational work with indigenous cashew farmers to enhance their returns.

Click here to watch a video, Viola Vaughn


Angela Sevin and Viola Vaughn in Senegalese dress on a beach in Dakar
 

Mame Guede (the little girl who in 2001 came asking to be taught) and Dah Sira (president of 10000girls.org) in Kaolack, Jan. 2007
 
     
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