One Girl Can

“Sam Sullivan’s Public Salon brings together interesting people with interesting ideas for evenings that are meant to inspire and educate.” Lotte Davis, Founder of One Girl Can, was a featured speaker on January 18. Follow the link below to watch Lotte’s inspiring speech.

Lise Boullard from Vancouver Luxury Living magazine interviews Founder, Lotte Davis. The Vancouver-based magazine is run by Shaw TV and One Girl Can Fundraiser MC, Fiona Forbes.

Since 2008, AG Hair has donated a portion of each product sold to educate girls in Sub-Saharan Africa through its Every Bottle Counts campaign.To date, AG has raised $3.6 million for their effort to empower African girls.

“I grew up in apartheid South Africa, and here I was, successful as a woman, and I wanted to do something to help other women succeed,” she explains. “And I knew without question it had to be in Africa, and had to be for women. I did not want to write a cheque, though. I wanted my arms right around it. And when I visited a slum school in Nairobi, that was it, I knew what to do.” What emerged was One Girl Can.

Davis has also used her business to support her philanthropic work–AG’s Every Bottle Counts campaign, it involves donating a portion of each sale to One Girl Can, Davis’ charity that provides educational opportunities to girls in Africa.

Thousands of girls and young women are currently participating in One Girl Can, including coaching programs and workshops that offer one-on-one mentoring and help with post-graduation job searches. As Davis puts it, “With One Girl Can, we are not successful until that girl is earning a salary.”

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