CuriousIQ: A modern education NGO to inspire women and foster a new, empowered generation.

CuriousIQ was founded by Mariza Fotiou, a professional community champion and supporter of diversity and inclusion. Mariza envisioned CuriousIQ to provide equal education to underprivileged people and make them part of the ever-expanding tech industry, with a strong passion for enhancing people's lives and assisting them in succeeding through changing their careers.

We are a team of curious, restless minds thirsty for knowledge, creativity, and evolution. We believe in the power of education and the freedom it gives any human being in changing their lives.

In our journey so far we have offered to dozens of people knowledge, tools, and experiences that have helped them make education and employment one of the best parts of their lives for the past year. But now that CuriousIQ has grown, we need a stronger foundation, and thus your help, to continue to support more people in becoming fully engaged in the civic, social, economic, and cultural life of Greece.

Gender inequalities are prevalent in Greece’s society, particularly in education and the workplace. Even compared to the rest of the European Union, the number of women in higher education and employment is quite low.

For this reason, CuriousIQ has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a new project aimed at developing a programme to nurture, support, and empower women, with a focus on migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and other discriminated women, by addressing the barriers and hurdles that they commonly face at work, both in companies and in voluntary organisations. The programme will include a mix of learning and mentoring, which will help to build a network of female leaders who can support and empower one another.

We hope to raise a quarter of the total amount needed for this project. All of the costs are listed in the infographic above. For a small or large donation, you can have a significant impact by helping us provide our integrated approach to make the programme more accessible to even more women living in underserved communities. Only with your help, this project will come to fruition.

With your support, we will achieve the following:

200 female students.

20 tutors and mentors.

Project objectives:

[1] To elevate the education of discriminated women.

[2] To increase employability amongst discriminated women.

[3] To empower discriminated women to get involved in issues that affect them.

[4] To facilitate and encourage discriminated women participation in decision making and active citizenship.

[5] To preserve the education and employment dignity of discriminated women.

We believe that all women should have access to this type of learning and employment resources. If you also believe in it, please assist us in making it available to them.

How you can help:

[1] Connect with us on social media:

[2] Share the campaign's URL:

https://www.giveandfund.com/giveandfund/project/curiousiq-empower-women

[3] Donate through Give&Fund.

What we will gift:

For donations from €1 to 1000:

[1] We will post a thank-you note on our social media.

[2] We will dedicate a page on our website to you as Bronze Changemaker.

[3] We will communicate your relevant corporate action, if applicable, on our website and social media.

[4] The opportunity to offer a 1-month Coursera subscription to a woman in need.

For donations from €1001 to 2000:

[1] We will post a thank-you note on our social media.

[2] We will dedicate a page on our website to you as Silver Changemaker.

[3] We will communicate your relevant corporate action, if applicable, on our website and social media.

[4] The opportunity to offer a 2-month Coursera subscription to a woman in need.

For donations from €2001 and above:

[1] We will post a thank-you note on our social media.

[2] We will dedicate a page on our website to you as Gold Changemaker.

[3] We will communicate your relevant corporate action, if applicable, on our website and social media.

[4] The opportunity to offer a 3-month Coursera subscription to a woman in need.

Thank you so much for your support!

We appreciate it!

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