Our Mission

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Although our first projects reach back to October 2012, Women InSpirit, Inc., as a 501(c)3 nonprofit

organization, has been incorporated since February 2015. This ministry started when founder, Maribeth Anderson, 

attended a women's conference in Ghana in 2012. While there, she  met a single mother with a young child who had a desire to help educate countless single teen mothers in the Upper East Region of Ghana. For Maribeth, a desperate need was seen and a desire to fulfill it was born. Through that original seed, Women InSpirit’s mission has evolved. We are a board of women who believe and desire to make a bold productive impact on the lives of young women in abject poverty through education and small business prospects. 

Since 2012 we have served over 150 students, ages 2-32.

President: Jennifer Appling

Vice President: Nancy Volding

Secretary: Donna Wheeler

Treasurer: Kelly Boyd

1st Member-at- Large- Jerilyn Lewis

2nd Member-at Large- Martha Wagner

Member- Michelle Wohlwend

Member- Katie Lewis

Founder, Ex-Officio- Maribeth Anderson

Since 2012 WIS has :

• given countless microloans to set up businesses 
•  provided educational material and speakers for  Dakella Youth Mothers Organization (DYMO), an organization that supports unwed teen mothers
• helped established Legacy Academy, a 3-classroom elementary school for the children of basket weavers in Sherigu, Ghana. 
• educated 5 young women at KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) in Kumasi, Ghana. As of 2020, we have 3 graduates from this university. One is even getting her Master's in Chemistry in Paris.
• educated all ages of girls- nursery school, elementary, junior high, high school and college 
• established 3 tailoring schools in which young girls are learning to sew: Women InSpirit Tailoring in Accra (City of God),  Women InSpirit Tailoring School in Bolgatanga, Women InSprit Tailoring School at JayNii in Accra, Ghana. 
• fundraised yearly through an annual fund, an annual fundraising brunch, grants, and many markets (We sell beautiful baskets from Bolgatanga, Ghana), private donations, memorials, and Speak 'n Sells (Home shows where we come to your home, you invite your friends to hear about us, and everyone SHOPS! and women’s organization meetings/luncheons.