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The Foundation for Women (FFW) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of women in poverty. We administer microfinance loans to help women start businesses, educate themselves and their children, and create a new life for themselves and their families. We also support community-based educational initiatives. The Foundation has created and implemented microfinance programs in India, Zambia, Niger and San Diego. We are a registered and established NGO (non-governmental organization) in San Diego and Liberia. We are proud of the fact that since 1997 we have positively impacted more than a million women and their families by directly funding microfinance programs and education.
The Foundation for Women serves women living in poverty locally and globally by funding and creating microfinance programs that help generate sustainable income, offer education and business support, and create economic prosperity.
The Foundation for Women is making a difference in communities with compassion, integrity, commitment and joy.
Ms. Megahed is a local San Diego attorney from Rancho Penasquitos. In 2004, she found her passion for Family Law while interning at the Law Office of Emory L. Boutilier. (Fun Fact: The Honorable Supreme Court of California Commissioner Darlene A. White worked for the same law office!)
While completing her Bachelor of Science Degree at Arizona State University, she became the legal assistant to the Law Office of Francis G. Fanning to learn Employment Law.
Ms. Megahed completed her Juris Doctorate Degree in San Diego. She travelled with the Honorable Justice Antonin Scalia in Strasbourg, France during her study abroad trip through Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law. She volunteered her efforts at the Guardianship Clinic of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program and the Family Law Facilitator's Office of the Superior Court of California.
She is professional, compassionate, knowledgeable and respected by her colleagues in the community. With Ms. Megahed by your side, there is no losing.
