Everything Begins
With One Question
“What do you want to do?”
That question is at the heart of Education Seeds. It represents belief, opportunity and a brighter future for every young mother we serve.
Our Journey →
From a Simple Question
to a Brighter Future
Our roots began with Global Community Alliance in 2008. Over the years, the work evolved into Education Seeds, with a growing focus on equipping women and young mothers with practical skills and opportunities.
The inspiration for Education Seeds comes from our founder’s mother and a simple moment in her life. Her father asked her one question: What do you want to do? He listened to her answer and helped her take the first step. Today, Education Seeds carries that same approach into every community we serve.
We Meet Her
Where She Is
We do not define a young mother by the circumstances that brought her to us. We meet her at the moment she decides she wants something different.
We ask what she wants to do. We listen. Then we help provide the seed funding, training, tools or support she needs to begin.
Our Programs →
One Seed Can
Reach a Family
When one woman gains the ability to support herself, the impact extends to her child, her family and her community.
As graduates build their skills and businesses, they are encouraged to return, mentor other participants and share what they have learned.
One young mother
gains a skill.
One family gains
greater stability.
Another young woman
gains a mentor.
Plant a Seed.
Grow a Future.
Be part of a movement that gives young mothers the opportunity to rebuild, learn and create stronger futures for themselves, their children and their communities.
The Story Behind Education Seeds
A grandpa, a mom and a daughter...
Our inspiration is Leontine “Tina,” a gifted young Congolese girl attending a prestigious Catholic Boarding School in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Formerly known as Zaire) in the late 70s.
Leontine’s father was a headmaster who knew his beautiful daughter was also intellectually gifted. When he decided to send his daughter to school, his countrymen thought it was “a bad idea sending a girl to school” because a girl’s place was in the kitchen and taking care of her husband and children.
He ignored them and proceeded to send his daughter to school anyways.
Unfortunately for her, Leontine became pregnant in her senior year due to some unfortunate circumstances. She was aware of the shame that her condition brought to her family.
Before her parents and the adults in her life could find out about the pregnancy, she attempted to get rid of it three times.
She said the third time, she couldn’t subject her body to invasive treatments any longer.
Eventually, she was kicked out of school and became homeless for a while.
Luckily, her father learned of the situation and decided to bring her home and encouraged her to study for the Local State exams (Diplome D’Etat), which she earned with high accolades.
Her parents adopted her baby while Leontine went on to get her college degree and become a college professor at a girls’ college.
She was a champion for women education until she passed away.
While living, her dream was to start a school for girls. Though she is no longer in the physical, her spirit is strong and continues to inspire the work ahead.
Fast forward, her daughter, Leonie, is now a passionate avid advocate for African underserved populations, particularly women.
She believes in this cause so profoundly that she has dedicated her life purpose to the mission.
Leonie has been supporting the activities with her own money until now…
Continuing the Journey
Founded in 2022, educationseeds.org has made tremendous impact thanks to the commitment of Leonie Williams to paying it forward and giving back.
Leonie is aware of the fact that she could have also been a teenage parent but she had the opportunity to attend private school like her mother, travel to USA, get married and have children of her own.
The core of our work lies in the continuous passion and dedication we bring to the range of projects we take part in already.
Some of the projects we have been working on since 2010.
Please join us by supporting our efforts to make a meaningful difference in the lives of teenage mothers in Africa.
Please join the village, and let’s make this
world a little less scary for young mothers
regardless of their circumstances.
Because pregnancy should not be the end
of a girl’s dream of a brighter future.