WELCOME TO THE DREAMING GIRLS FOUNDATION
Stepping Boldly Into Her Future
WHO ARE WE?
The Dreaming Girls Arts Foundation is a non-profit that cultivates women and girls in the arts to be leaders and critically conscious members of society through producing art-focused programming, and providing resources, networks and mentorship.
GOALS
MENTORSHIP
Intergenerational Models of Mentorship To Provide Career and Entrepreneurial Guidance
CAPACITY BUILDING
Creating opportunities to build essential soft skills as well as refine tools for effectively enacting social justice.
ADVOCACY
Reinforcing our commitment to amplify the voices of young women in the arts in policy and arts-administration platforms.
LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER
What is a Dreaming Girl?
Growing up, my mother would always remind me that "Mosadi o tswara thipa ka bohaleng", meaning a women choses boldness, risk, adventure and ambition – a woman holds a knife at its sharp edge. Although this notion was etched into my mind, my experience as an African girl showed me that despite this being true in theory, practically women all around me could not make these choices.
A "Dreaming Girl" is someone who has the drive, ambition and vision to create a bright future for herself and the world she lives in. However, in a society where girls are more often than not left out of secondary education, uninspired and unnutured as well as not given the opportunity to manifest their dreams- dreams often remain just that.
The Dreaming Girls Foundation is changing that narrative. This foundation as a home for girl dreamers. A place where resources, mentorship and guidance, as well as networks will be made easily accessible. The Dreaming Girls Foundation is a home for girls in the arts to empower and equip themselves to become social architects, influencers and activists in whatever fields they chose to go into.
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Dreaming Girls are everywhere and Dreaming Girls are changing everything.
What's your dream?
- Naledi Masilo, Founding Director
Creating platforms that will impact girls to be change makers that boldly empower themselves and their communities.
CONTACT THE DREAMING GIRLS FOUNDATION
(+27) 72 415 6679(SA) // (+1) 857 264 7431 (USA)
