Bridging The Gap
The Connect Foundation was founded by Dion Cross in 2020. The foundation was established to service youth and women with special emphasis on single mothers, and widows in Africa. The mission of the Connect Foundation is to service the youth through academic and athletic initiatives, and assist women by providing housing, and through job creation that provides sustainable income. The Connect Foundation strives to bridge the development gap between high income and low income by providing opportunities, training, exposure, and skill development for women and children.
Women of Worth (W.O.W)
Make a Difference
The Women of Worth program assists widows and single mothers. This program provides services to help empower women by creating and providing sustainable jobs for women to help support their family structure. The Women of Worth Program provides financial assistance to widows and single mothers to help stabilize the family structure and assist to provide, through job creation, the revenue needed to be able to sustain the family structure.
Who We Support
RACO Orphanage – Ibeja-Lekki, Nigeria
The Connect Foundation supports the RACO Orphanage. The Connect Foundation provides assistance for orphans, displaced poor, & abandoned children in rural communities.Building Bridges to Opportunity
Business Partnerships
The Connect Foundation works both internally and externally with businesses to develop partnerships to be more responsible stewards. The Connect Foundation supports business partnerships that foster advancements in academics and sports.
Business partnerships with the Connect Foundation:
- Align with business values.
- Able to help boost sales, visibility, and employee productivity.
- Able to engage with the business one-on-one.
- Positioned to strengthen the business’s local reputation.
Workforce Readiness
The Connect Foundation provides trainings for widowed and single women. These trainings foster the development of personal qualities, people skills, and professional traits that are necessary to maintain employment. The goal of the Workforce Readiness Program is to provide adequate qualities of trained, reliable workers throughout Africa.
Community Building
The Connect Foundation strives to build stronger communities by empowering people to serve the community where they reside. Community building builds relationships and fosters systems of change. The Connect Foundation nurtures connections amongst people and creates infrastructures for these connections to exist by creating and fostering strong businesses within these communities.
Our Team
Tahor Rume
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Our Board
Dion Cross
Romila Singh
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Values
Our Values
Africa Rise
Changing Lives with Knowledge
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