Empowering Lives Through Fashion Education

Foundation For The Academic Development of Underprivileged Citizens (FOUNDATION) is a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota. It is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to:

• Collaborate with other foundations to care for and serve underprivileged teenage girls and women
• Provide financial and material support for schools in low-income communities, and
• Provide scholarships to students pursuing teacher training education who demonstrate interest to teach in low-income communities.

The FOUNDATION personifies the attributes of the late Catechist Georgina Korankyewaa, which can be summed up in her famous apothegm: "We look for ways to make a difference in the lives of the needy even as we manage our own life adversities. Because we ourselves, having been rescued from hardships, believe in paying it forward."

The SCHOOL activities were originally held in two leased commercial store units. To accommodate growth, the SCHOOL activities are now held in an extensively renovated building with handicap access, potable water supply, security fences, toilets, library, kitchen, dining room, and conditioned computer laboratory, lecture rooms, sewing machine room, cutting-edge table room, and conference room. 

The FOUNDATION is fundraising to employ and retain qualified facilitators and to supply instructional resources to the SCHOOL.