PAWA is a UK-registered charity and is managed by committed volunteers from a range of professions. PAWA raises funds and supports small grassroots charitable projects that empower girls through education.
Educating teenage girls is critical to fighting poverty. Schooling is a precondition for girls and women to take a stance against injustice and be integrated into society and the economy. Gender equality is not only a moral and human rights issue, but the key to sustainable socio-economic development. Exclusion of women from economic life affects the prosperity of society as a whole.
In the years since its foundation in 2009, PAWA has raised and granted nearly £300,000 to support 23 charitable projects that improve girls’ education in 12 countries. Through these projects, we have made quality education more attainable to over 12,000 girls and improved their life prospects.
Girls across Asia are putting forth their claims to a better future and PAWA’s goal is to help them realise these claims. We continue our efforts to identify and support small scale projects with a large impact, and in doing so we will hopefully bring a few more teenage girls closer to their dreams.
With the help of our volunteers PAWA has supported thousands of Asian girls. PAWA has supported teenage girls education by funding tution fees, purchasing school books, supporting different vocational training programs.
In 2025, PAWA is changing lives through 11 transformative projects, empowering nearly 2,370
teenage girls and supporting 4 inspiring scholars through the Serena Janssens Memorial
Fund—reaching communities across 8 countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia,
Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand.
Thanks to the Euroclear Fund, this year we are also helping 2 additional girls from Home of
Peace pursue Hotel Management studies at Taylor’s University in Malaysia.
A PAWA Volunteers Social Event: Exhibition Gallery Talk & Tea at the Royal Thai Embassy (by Invitation Only)
A PAWA Patrons and Benefactors Event: Exhibition Gallery Talk, Workshop and Afternoon Tea at the Royal Thai Embassy (by Invitation Only)
PAWA@15 Walk/Run at Battersea Park (Open for Registration!)
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