Ready to Empower’s Empowerment Campaign was a huge success in 2022!  Thanks to our amazing donors and volunteers, RTE was able to surpass our fundraising goals. With this amazing support, RTE is able to expand its reach to helping in improving the lives of women in India and Costa Rica in 2023!

Ready to Empower has exciting news, we have partnered with Hope Sewing Center (HSC) in Karnataka, South India to help carry out the mission of empowerment to women.

RTE works closely with HSC by offering RTE’s Empowerment Program to help equip the leaders of the organizations and the women in their communities. In the upcoming year, we will little by little start offering more services such as; mental health, life skills, human rights and more job training education. Together, we are working to help women empower themselves!
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Learn more about the empowering work that Hope Sewing Center are doing in India by clicking: https://lnkd.in/gVtdxKJx

Thanks to such amazing generosity of others, Ready to Empower has been able to raise the necessary funds to keep the Empowerment Program running. We are truly thankful for the support and contributions of so many. Together we did it!

Drew Barrymore is Ready to Empower! The Drew Barrymore Show wanted to give back to volunteers and chose the Ready to Empower team to do just that! Drew donated to the mission of RTE and gave makeovers to the RTE team of volunteers! #DrewBarrymoreShow #drewisready #readytoempower #makingadiffence #cbsstudio #volunteersmatter #giveback #teamwork #NYC

​Ready to Empower’s team is growing! Our Board truly is an inspiring group of people. We work together to create goals and objectives that help us to fully live into our mission of empowerment. Our board and committee members are a power house of support. Their leadership, heart and expertise is truly the driving force behind all that we do. This team is READY!

Last weekend we held an exclusive “Bet to Empower” online poker tournament for our donors. Thank you to all that participated and congratulations to our winners. We raised a good amount for our programs and had a lot of fun doing it! Be on the lookout for our Empower Campaign this fall.

“Ready to Empower’s guidance has helped our organization Árbol de Esperanza to empower thousands of women in our community. Ready to Empower helped equip me personally to become a stronger more effective leader in my work with helping at-risk women. Ready to Empower’s nonprofit guidance, hands-on mentoring and seed funding, gave me the opportunity to learn how to manage employees, implement effective programs, plan strategically, and improve my abilities to raise funds and secure ongoing donations.”

Karen Jara, Director of RTE’s partner organization, Árbol de Esperanza

Ready to Empower believes team work is the dream work. RTE couldn’t do the amazing work we do without our empowering board of directors and committee members. They are truly READY to be the change we wish to see in the world.

To learn more about our team members visit: https://readytoempower.org/our-team/

​Exciting news! Our partner organization ADE in Costa Rica reopened the charity shop to help support women in need and women needing employment. ADE will be taking orders starting today in Costa Rica and all food is prepared by the women in our empowerment programs.

​Women earned certificates of completion for attending the Empowerment Program.

​The women in Costa Rica are learning new skills attending the job training classes to help them achieve their goals of becoming self-reliant! Our sister organization ADE works around the clock to offer empowering services to women living in vulnerable populations.

​So thankful for RTE’s newest Vice President Olivia Skiffington! She flew to Costa Rica to deliver donations to the women in the Empowerment Programs. A short but powerful trip to Costa Rica to help support so many women in need!

The Empowerment Campaign was a huge success!!! The most successful campaign to date! Thanks to all of you, we reached beyond our 10,000 dollar goal and got a matching donation! Together with your support we are changing lives! Thank you to all who donated to RTE’s Empowerment campaign! Your contributions are creating opportunities for so many women and their families to live a safer and happier life. We are Ready to make a difference together!

​Women empowering themselves in our empowerment programs!! These are the faces of some of our graduates! Because of your amazing generosity, women are able to help themselves!

The Ready to Empower Board of Directors would like to congratulate Emma Campbell on being chosen as our honoree for our 2020 Empowerment Award in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to Ready to Empower and helping women to empower themselves.

Emma’s passion, dedication and generosity have helped change the lives of hundreds of women we serve. The world is a better place because of Emma Campbell.

​The Paint to Empower Fundraiser was a great success. Thanks to all the amazing donors and volunteers, the event helped raise the necessary funds to help continue our empowering work to women in need. Thanks to Riata Ready, Irma Ready and Cowarts Baptist for their generosity and support in helping to host such a fun event.

Empowerment Campaign kick off! Who have you Empowered today?! https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Ready-To-Empower

RTE is very pleased to announce a decision that On Sept 24, 2020 the Ready to Empower board of directors selected Oliva Skiffington as our newest Vice President.

Oliva has served on RTE’s board since 2018 and has been an ongoing donor and volunteer since 2015. During her time on the board, she has demonstrated a deep commitment to RTE’s mission and values. Oliva is a native Costa Rican and cares deeply about the Costa Rican community and women’s empowerment.

​Karen Jara, the director of Arbol De Esperanza completed her business administration course. Karen continues to develop her skills each year to help empower herself and the lives of others.

​We support local entrepreneurship in Costa Rica by helping women to develop business and marketing skills in our empowerment programs! One of our participants has been using her talents to empower herself! She has started her own entrepreneurship venture by making corn dough for biscuits, empanadas, tortillas, tamales and more to provide for her family. She is selling to small stores, restaurants and businesses! She is ready to work!!!