We’re Not Raising Girls Who Want to Escape — We’re Raising Girls Who Can Outlast Anything.
A 3-year virtual leadership academy equipping African girls to become published authors, skilled digital creators, and local leaders who turn identity into income.
WHAT IS OUTLAST SCHOOL?
The Outlast School is where African girls aged 15–18 learn to:
Reclaim their voice
Publish their first book
Master high-income skills
Launch community projects
Lead with pride, purpose, and power
We don't teach girls to leave the continent. We teach them to lead it. This is not charity — this is legacy in the making.
THE 3 - YEAR JOURNEY
YEAR 1: Becoming
Tell your story. Publish your book. Rebuild your confidence.
Identity. Healing. Visibility.
YEAR 2: Building
Choose your digital craft — coding, editing, marketing. Serve real clients.
Skills. Earnings. Portfolio.
YEAR 3: Leading
Be mentored. Launch a project. Become a junior coach.
Mentorship. Capstone. Leadership.
Every girl graduates with income history, a published book, and a leadership story.
WHY WE EXIST
In every village, city, and school system across Africa, there are brilliant girls being underestimated every day.
Girls with ideas. Girls with fight. Girls with a vision — and no blueprint to build it.
Outlast exists to change that.
We give them a safe space to dream, a structured plan to build, and the tools to lead with confidence and clarity.
We walk with them — every step of the way — as they discover what they’re capable of.
Because we don’t just believe in their potential.
We help them prove it to themselves.
OUR MISSION
To build a pan-African pipeline of young women who know who they are, know how to earn, and know how to lead.
Through storytelling, digital skills, mentorship, and economic agency —
we help girls become authors, entrepreneurs, change agents, and catalysts for their families and countries.
OUR METHOD
3 Years. 3 Outcomes.
YEAR 1: Becoming
She becomes a published author.
She learns to tell her story and sell her voice.
YEAR 2: Building
She learns a high-income digital skill.
She gets paid for her work through the Outlast Agency.
YEAR 3: Leading
She launches her own capstone project, mentors others, and prepares for the world.
OUR LONG GAME
By 2035 we will:
Graduate over 1,000 girls
License our curriculum across 10+ African school systems
Train Certified Outlast Teachers and Mentors
Launch an Outlast Alumni Fund and Mini-Hubs across the continent
Host global summits and publish 200+ books written by our students
And by 2080?
Outlast will be more than a school — it will be a movement. A method.
A mirror that reflects what’s possible when we bet on African girls and build with them, not for them
WHY IT MATTERS
"They called me behind. Invisible. Not enough.
But one person believed in me — and that changed everything.”
— Sandra Kemayou, Founder
The Outlast School is for the girl the system misjudged.
The one who carries stories and solutions the world needs — if someone just hands her the mic.
WHY WE EXIST
In every village, city, and school system across Africa, there are brilliant girls being underestimated every day.
Girls with ideas. Girls with fight. Girls with a vision — and no blueprint to build it.
Outlast exists to change that.
We give them a safe space to dream, a structured plan to build, and the tools to lead with confidence and clarity.
We walk with them — every step of the way — as they discover what they’re capable of.
Because we don’t just believe in their potential.
We help them prove it to themselves.
OUR MISSION
To build a pan-African pipeline of young women who know who they are, know how to earn, and know how to lead.
Through storytelling, digital skills, mentorship, and economic agency —
we help girls become authors, entrepreneurs, change agents, and catalysts for their families and countries.
OUR METHOD
3 Years. 3 Outcomes.
YEAR 1: Becoming
She becomes a published author.
She learns to tell her story and sell her voice.
YEAR 2: Building
She learns a high-income digital skill.
She gets paid for her work through the Outlast Agency.
YEAR 3: Leading
She launches her own capstone project, mentors others, and prepares for the world.
OUR LONG GAME
By 2035 we will:
Graduate over 1,000 girls
License our curriculum across 10+ African school systems
Train Certified Outlast Teachers and Mentors
Launch an Outlast Alumni Fund and Mini-Hubs across the continent
Host global summits and publish 200+ books written by our students
And by 2080?
Outlast will be more than a school — it will be a movement. A method.
A mirror that reflects what’s possible when we bet on African girls and build with them, not for them
WHY IT MATTERS
"They called me behind. Invisible. Not enough.
But one person believed in me — and that changed everything.”
— Sandra Kemayou, Founder
The Outlast School is for the girl the system misjudged.
The one who carries stories and solutions the world needs — if someone just hands her the mic.
OUR FOUNDER'S VOW
“I don’t want applause for helping girls.
I want infrastructure so they never need rescuing again.”
— Sandra Kemayou, Founder
THE PILOT COHORT: 2026
Our first 21 students begin in January 2026. They will write two books, build their confidence, and step into their power. This is not a test. This is a model — and it will change everything.
YOUR ROLE
Whether you’re a sponsor, educator, partner, or parent — this is your invitation. To join the long game.
To build a continent where girls don’t have to leave to lead. To fund a future that will outlast all of us.
Be part of the movement.
Sponsor a girl. Fund a generation. Outlast everything.
FOR TEACHERS, AUNTIES, & ADVOCATES
Sometimes, a girl doesn’t yet see in herself what others can. If you know a girl who needs this—whose potential is hiding in silence or struggle—please nominate her. Your belief might be the reason she applies.
Make your gift
Email us to pledge offline or request a private sponsorship briefing:
[email protected]
WHAT NEXT?
Our First Cohort Launches January 2026
We’re preparing to welcome 21 girls into our founding class.