2025-2026
Shared Abundance:
Food Rescue across Mexico
Women Forward International partnered Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley with the White Pony Express (WPE) to uplift women in California, and then partnered WPE and the Association of Vegan Entrepreneurs of Mexico to create a manual in Spanish to replicate the program in Mexico.
WFI then partnered WPE with the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico and the University of Veracruz to launch a food rescue program for women and girls in Veracruz.
This year, we are replicating the program in Oaxaca and Mexico City with the Autonomous Benito Juárez University and UNAM!
See our Program History
Wings of Love is Spreading!
Women Forward International (WFI) partnered the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico and White Pony Express, in collaboration with TC Energy, to launch Wings of Love—a pioneering food security initiative in Mexico. WFI provided a grant and a trip to Monterrey and Mexico City to White Pony Express to support the training of our university student teams in their “Circle of Giving” model and meetings with Mexican leadership in our network and our WFI Team to share WPE's model. The pilot program is now led by the Faculty of Accounting and Business at the University of Veracruz. Now, our student led teams are replicating the program in Oaxaca and Mexico City!
More than a food rescue program, Wings of Love is a new model of philanthropy—one that brings us together as one human family to help women and their families move from the margins to the mainstream.
Our impact (May 2024–April 2025):
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6,164 kg of food rescued, supporting 50 women and their families across two communities.
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2 women earned their IVEA primary education certificates.
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16 women are enrolled in PROMUJER's digital job skills training—a key step toward economic empowerment.
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Program expanded to Oaxaca and Mexico City, building on the success in Veracruz.
Wings of Love Oaxaca Takes Flight!
On June 22, WFI and the 50+1 Women’s Collective Oaxaca co-hosted the launch event Race with a Cause: Wings of Love, collecting over 1,500 kg of food for families in the community of El Jardín. (More details in our event section)
We collaborate with the Oaxaca Food Bank, 50+1 Women’s Collective, La Guelaguetza Rotary Club, and the Faculty of Accounting at the Autonomous University of Benito Juárez of Oaxaca. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, including the Doris M. Carter Foundation, we will begin monthly food deliveries by the end of the year.
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