Her Future Today is a community of young people working within communities to connect girls with mentors, resources, and the support they need to build a future they choose.
Her Future Today is a nonprofit that champions the rights and futures of girls in developing nations through peer-to-peer mentorship and education. We are a team of driven, committed young people who believe that working within communities to support girls is the most effective way to create lasting change.
We have partnerships with children's homes and community centres in Sri Lanka. For instance, with Maranatha Child Development Centre, a Tamil girls' home, we have conducted mentorship sessions where volunteer mentors work directly with girls on English language skills, life planning, and personal development. Our mentors are women who are passionate about furthering the success of other girls and women, paired with students to help them grow, develop, and focus on building toward their goals.
We are currently expanding our mentorship programme, recruiting university students and young professionals across Sri Lanka to support girls in their own communities.
In underprivileged communities, we have seen firsthand how girls face significant barriers that prevent them from reaching their goals and getting out of poverty. Things like limited access to education, lack of information about what opportunities even exist, financial constraints, and social expectations that compound against them. We think that is not fair. We want to work within these communities and actually provide real support, because getting through this on your own, with no resources and no one in your corner, is incredibly difficult.
That is why we believe in girls supporting girls. Our programme pairs mentors with mentees on a one-to-one basis, because overcoming these barriers is hard work, and having someone sit down with you, understand what you want, and help you create an action plan to get there makes all the difference. In this programme, we ask: What are your values? What do you care about? What do you want to pursue in life? These are questions that deserve a real, open space where people feel supported and can actually work through these hurdles together. We want to create that space, because doing this alone with no support should not be the only option.
We have guided methodologies to help support and facilitate these goals and make them actionable, because making these steps on your own is genuinely difficult. The power of solidarity is the most important thing we can offer. Peers and mentors supporting each other on a one-to-one basis, because overcoming these barriers is hard work, and no one should have to do it alone.
By the end of the eight weeks, each mentee has a concrete plan, has taken at least one real step toward it, and has an ongoing connection to someone who believes in her.
We built a comprehensive database of free resources specifically for girls in Sri Lanka. Government welfare programmes, vocational training centres in every district, scholarships, health services, and safety resources. This is the information bank that our mentors and mentees use together during the programme.
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