.svg)
Our Mission is to Eradicate Poverty
"Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not."
francine a. lefrak
A new graduate of the Francine A. LeFrak Computer Training Program shows off her certificate.
-p-800.png)
.png)
International Women’s Day has become not just a day to celebrate women and their accomplishments but a day of unity. A global call to action to bring women together in support of each other. Today, around the world, women are fighting for their rights to make their own choices, to have their voices heard, and for their seat at the table.
Read Now
Francine A. LeFrak is the President of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation and the Same Sky Foundation Fund. A successful social entrepreneur, women’s rights advocate and philanthropist, Francine founded a trade initiative, Same Sky, to help women who were invisible become visible through the dignity of work. Her work with Same Sky began with survivors of the Rwandan genocide and continued in the US with women who were recently released from prison.
She has helped thousands of women and girls use their talents to find opportunities for success. Through job training programs and providing access to education, her foundations have paved pathways for people to rise out of poverty.
