Deadline: 15-Nov-22
Applications are now open for the Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream Award program, a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families.
The Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects. Over half of Live Your Dream Awards recipients are survivors of domestic violence, trafficking or sexual assault. Nearly all of the women and families they serve have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, teen pregnancy, and drug or alcohol addiction. Live Your Dream Awards recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, such as books, childcare, tuition and transportation.
Award Details
Recipients have the potential to receive $1,000 – $16,000 to further their education:
- Club-Level: Award amounts vary, but club-level recipients receive an average of $1,000 from a local Soroptimist club.
- Region-Level: Local recipients then become eligible for a $3,000 or $5,000 region-level award.
- International Finalists: Region-level award recipients then become eligible for one of three international awards.
Why They Do It?
- When Women Learn: families live healthier lives
- When Girls Go to School: they are more likely to get paying jobs and their financial contributions to their families—and their nations—increase
- When Girls Have Educated Moms: they are more likely to be enrolled in school and to reach higher levels of education
- When Women are Educated: their countries are more likely to have greater economic growth
Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible to apply if you are a woman who:
- Provides the primary financial support for yourself and your dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents.
- Has financial need.
- Is enrolled in or has been accepted to a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program.
- Is motivated to achieve your education and career goals.
- Resides in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas’ member countries/territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).
- Has not previously been the recipient of a Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity or Live Your Dream Award.
- Does not have a graduate degree.
- Is not a Soroptimist member, an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas or immediate family of either.
For more information, visit https://www.soroptimist.org/our-work/live-your-dream-awards/index.html