FFEC USA
Empowering women and children through education and health
Yearly Impact
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1st Annual Event- November 10 2024
FFEC USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (Tax Id # 92-2893299) and qualifies for Corporate Matching programs.
Our mission is to empower low income marginalized communities globally. We focus on women and children because they have the power to change the future of a community.
Impact Stories from India
I have been associated with FFEC since 2017 when I was in school. Coming here improved my understanding of subjects. The class 12 board exam coaching was also very beneficial. Then I became a teacher here for a year while doing Bachelors in Social Welfare. After completing my bachelors I again started attending coaching sessions for university entrance exams for my Master's. I didn't get admitted the first time round but I continued coming for the coaching classes and I am very happy I finally did clear the entrance exams at Jamia Millia Islamia and am now doing a course in Journalism.
We didn't know what to do after class 12 as we didn't get admitted to a college. FFEC paid our fees so we were able to join a diploma course in Food Technology at Jamia Hamdard University. We are finding the course interesting. Our parents agreed because we can attend classes in Trilokpuri at the Kadam Centre. We are thankful to FFEC for the fees and the van they arranged to travel to Moradabad for the practical classes which we enjoyed very much.
I owned a small shop but had to close down during Covid lockdowns. I found out about FFEC's loan program and thanks to that I was able to buy inventory and restart my corner shop (kinari ki dukaan).
I was a SMILE fellow at Pravah for the batch 2022. My topic was around creating a space for dialogue on gender, everyday sexism, and feminism. After following FFEC's work, I conducted some focus groups with the youth there. The participants were aware of gender inequality but didn't voice their concerns or grasp the complexity. During the sessions, girls opened up about their experiences of feeling suppressed due to their gender. Toward the end, boys could unlearn their own ideas about sexism and gender. They all felt a need to intervene if any sexist instance happened around them in future.
Board Members
Yasmeen is a long time activist and has been involved in multiple non-profits in the Bay Area. She a Masters degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida, Gainesville and has worked in the Tech industry in the Silicon Valley in senior program and product management roles.
Lubina is an Economist and consultant at the World Bank. She has worked on health related budgets of many developing countries such as Indonesia, Mozambique and India. Her expertise is in cost-benefit analyses, projections of stunting, health demand and supply for governments and review of their public expenditure and has a few publications in respected journals.
Neerja is a Director at Oracle in Cloud Services and has patents and published multiple research papers. She was involved with the non-profit Association for India’s Development (AID) for many years. She has worked in the Tech industry for many years in Senior Program and Product Management roles. She had done the multiple IT projects and play the key role to execute it.
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