WHEAT's Vision:

A Southern Africa where all women live in safety, enjoy their human rights and have equal access to education, training and a sustainable, adequate income.

WHEAT’s Mission:

Through supporting grassroots women to seek local solutions to local problems, WHEAT invests in education, training and capacity building to foster women's leadership and to enable dialogue. To achieve this, WHEAT promotes a culture of giving and follows the principles of human rights for women and feminism.

 

  • Generate a women's fund to which individual women and community groups can apply for grants in support of their education and training needs
  • Manage sustainable income for the women's fund in ways which promote a culture of giving among individuals, organizations and communities
  • Assist in the growth and development of grassroots community initiatives led by women 
  • Encourage leadership of women and girls

Core Values:

WHEAT Trust is a feminist organisation committed to women's empowerment through education and skills training. Our core values are trust, accountability, honesty, loyalty and respect.

WHEAT Women's Fund is committed to:

  • Being a professional, well-known Southern African women’s Fund giving Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and women-led community initiatives access to capacity building, training and leadership development
  • Awarding grants to women and women-led community groups to meet their education and training needs in support of grassroots community initiatives
  • Raising awareness of the importance of stimulating a culture of giving by Southern African individuals and corporates
  • Creating a sustainable fund and solid organisation through good governance, sound financial management and a committed workforce
  • Basing our granting on informed community needs and to track the progress of grantees through regular interaction and good systems
  • Entering into a sustained, long-term relationship with grantees, allowing them time to reach a level of sustainability, whereafter they can access formal funding
  • Networking with organisations with similar objectives in order to maximize collective efforts
  • Having a built-in planning, monitoring and evaluation system, integral to all WHEAT’s activities
  • Having an enabling, energised environment at WHEAT’s office and the best possible staff to carry out the work of the organisation
  • Promoting a movement of women supporting each other.











     

 

WHEAT Women's Fund was established to: