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Cassen, international outreach director of Dare to Dream, connected with Aviation for Humanity founder and president Kimberly Perkins.
Perkins is a Gulfstream 650 captain as well as researcher, writer and speaker on gender parity, inclusion and aviation safety culture. She founded Aviation for Humanity to support the education, equality and empowerment of youth around the world through the recruitment of the aviation community and traveling public to deliver school supplies to orphanages, shelters, and underfunded schools across the globe. Working together, these three captains were able to show a group of incredible girls that STEAME career success is achievable. They hope to continue the movement and inspire many more.
It is the goal of the two organizations to repeat this event each quarter in order to create a recurring pathway of empowerment and education for a total of 120 girls per year. To cover the transportation from the girls’ rural homes to the airport, food for the day and guest speakers, the cost for each girl to attend is 65 USD. Sponsorships are currently being accepted and can cover the cost of an individual girl’s experience or contribute to the event as a whole. Interested sponsors can make donations for next quarter’s event on the Aviation for Humanity website (aviationforhumanity. org). One hundred percent of donations go toward this Dare to Dream project for empowering the next generation of aviation professionals in Africa.
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