From water to health care, women are forced to hope for the best, while being given the least.

You can help.

It’s time we reimagine who and how we lift people out of poverty.

It starts by giving women leaders who run transformative organizations in Africa the tools and funding to outwork extreme poverty in our lifetime.

Why A Women's Fund?

For over a decade, The Adventure Project has fought extreme poverty by partnering with top Venture Partners in Africa. We've seen women leaders create phenomenal impact but face funding challenges compared to their male peers. That's why we launched a Women’s Fund to ensure at least 50% of our partners are female-founded—because when women lead, everyone wins.

The Facts

Underfunded. Over-qualified. Women leaders know how to outwork extreme poverty in their communities.

Female-focused organizations receive less funding. A lot less.

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According to the UN, Female-focused organizations tackling poverty receive only 0.13% of official development assistance. Imagine what the world would look like if women were funded equally.

Women have more experience.
(unfortunately)

Women between the ages 25-34 are 1.2 times more likely to live in extreme poverty than their male peers. Women know first-hand what their children and communities need.

Climate change hits women-led households in poor countries harder.

New report revealed female-headed households lose 8% more income than men to climate change.

Women are less likely to own land, and now must walk farther for dwindling resources such as water and firewood.

Your Impact at Work

Here's how your donations create lasting change.

Female Founded Ventures

Our Women's Fund identifies incredible women running impactful Social Ventures in Africa. All have incredible track-records and need funding to scale.

Creating Good Jobs

With your help, the Social Ventures train and employ thousands, mostly women previously living on less than $2 per day. A good job unlocks their full potential, securing a prosperous life for their children.

A woman in a yellow patterned dress holds a mug of clean water for her toddler to drink. The background shows women operating clean water kiosks.

Outworking Poverty From All Sides

You support ventures that hire and train local community members to reduce extreme poverty in at least one of our project areas: health, hunger, water, and climate.

Involving You Every Step

Each person, business, and organization deserves consistent impact reporting, success stories, and vivid footage of the projects you're making possible. Whether you give $5 or $500K, you can direct your gift to a cause you care about and get updates along the way.

Diligence Done For You

We identify and rigorously vet local organizations to ensure measurable impact in reducing extreme poverty, so you can rest assured your gifts are going to the right places.

Charlot, founder of Muruku Clean Stoves, employs 100+ artisans in Kenya, producing and selling thousands of clean cookstoves annually. This year, she's opening a second factory, creating jobs for 300 more artisans and over 1,000 female stove vendors this year.

Join us in helping accelerate 20-30 female-founded organizations like Charlot's by 2030!
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Read Charlot's story

The Women's Fund has given me the opportunity to pursue my dreams and make a difference in my community. I am grateful for the support and resources that have helped me succeed.

Sarah Smith

Activist, XYZ Organization

Portrait of Rony Vardi, Catbird's Founder.

Spotlight: Catbird

Catbird Founder, Rony Vardi, leads our Women's Fund with a $500,000 commitment through 2030 via the Catbird Giving Fund. Their generous support brings vital healthcare to pregnant mothers and babies in northern Togo's Kéran district. In an area with only 9% access to basic healthcare, Catbird's backing trains and employs female health workers, providing life-saving care to thousands for the first time.
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The Women's Fund has given me the opportunity to pursue my dreams and make a difference in my community. I am grateful for the support and resources that have helped me succeed.

Sarah Smith

Activist, XYZ Organization