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OUR DREAM PROGRAMs | sOROPTiMisT LIVE YOUR DREAM AWARDS
lifting women up
Live Your Dream Awards recipients face enormous obstacles including poverty, domestic and sexual violence, substance abuse and death of a spouse. Yet, with just a little help, they have the strength to achieve their goals. The numbers tell the story.
Past Live Your Dream Awards recipients report:
94%
HAVE EARNED OR ARE cONTiNUiNG TO WORK TOWARD AN EDUcATiONAL DEGREE/cERTiFicATiON
81%
OF THOsE WHO cOMPLETED THEiR EDUcATiON HAVE sEcURED HiGHER-PAYiNG EMPLOYMENT
82%
OF THOsE WHO cOMPLETED THEiR EDUcATiON REPORT AN iNcREAsED sTANDARD OF LiViNG FOR THEMsELVEs AND THEiR DEPENDENTs
95% j HAVE iNcREAsED sELF-EsTEEM
96% p ARE sERViNG As A ROLE MODEL FOR THEiR DEPENDENTs
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sOROPTiMisT iNTERNATiONAL OF THE AMERicAs | FY15/16 ANNUAL REPORT
“The Live Your Dream Award changed my life by providing me with confidence to move forward as a survivor and start my own non- profit to help other women like myself.”
—Tyra, Live Your Dream Award Recipient
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