Our Vision
Paint Like a Girl, Inc.'s vision is to provide innovative solutions that figuratively paint new realities where despair and unmet dreams exist.
Hampton, Virginia · Mindanao, Philippines
Paint Like a Girl, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) international nonprofit based in Hampton, Virginia, serving young scholars and their families in Mindanao, Philippines.
Welcome to Paint Like a Girl, Inc.
Paint Like a Girl, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) international nonprofit based in Hampton, Virginia, working in the Philippines.
Our focus is educational support services, but we are not limited to these services alone. We address many other needs of students and their families for a more holistic experience.
How It Began
It began with a promise, made on a dusty red road in Kapalong on November 26, 2023. That day, one of two young ladies called Kim "Mama," a word that shook her soul and fulfilled a promise God made during her season of grief.
Paint Like a Girl, Inc.'s vision is to provide innovative solutions that figuratively paint new realities where despair and unmet dreams exist.
Our mission is to empower young scholars with support, knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities essential for personal and professional growth.
A quality education serves as a foundation, equipping our young scholars with the confidence necessary to unlock their full potential, pursue meaningful opportunities, and achieve dreams that seemed far away in previous realities.
What Guides Us
We have carefully chosen primary colors and secondary colors to express our creativity in living color on the life canvases of others.
Our Primary Colors
Our Secondary Colors
Where We Serve
Different canvases give a better result according to the type of paint used. Our canvases, universal in nature, are inclusive to all. They are the young scholars and families in the communities we serve.
Davao del Norte
Kapalong, Davao del Norte
Davao del Norte
Sarangani Province
Mindanao
How We Serve
An artist has an array of brushes that can be used to change the mood, style, and impact of an artwork. Each life we impact has been impacted by the brush needed for their circumstances.
Some circumstances need a Round, Flat, or Filbert Brush, where what has been started can be finished. Other brushes like the Angular, Fan, and Rigger are perfect for details, texture, and perfect lines. With these brushes we paint atmospheres where all can grow into a better tomorrow.
Sponsorships, scholarships, and school supply giveaways that give young scholars in Kapalong, Tagum City, and Barangay Upo Maitum the support needed for a quality education.
Fun and fellowship through our Semi-Annual Volleyball Tournament in Kapalong, where we serve the community of Clementa by feeding the youth and sharing meaningful giveaways.
We use sports like volleyball and other ball games to bring youth together, build teamwork, and promote a healthy lifestyle.
We believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and we share these beliefs with you.
Stories From the Field
The stories of those we serve matter greatly. We exist to paint a better tomorrow and a great journey along the way. This does not mean there will not be any struggles. It simply means we are here to assist and travel along the way with you.
Stories from the field are being gathered now. Check back soon to see the masterpieces our young scholars are creating.
Get Involved
Your involvement is invaluable, and we are grateful to have you by our side. Choose the ways you'd like to help, and we'll be in touch.
One-time or monthly gifts that keep our young scholars in school.
Walk alongside one student's education from start to finish.
Serve with us here in Hampton or on the ground in the Philippines.
Schools, churches, and businesses joining the work.
Stand with us as a prayer partner for the scholars and families we serve.
Donate
Partner with us in helping to support our young scholars who really need some help in achieving their education and path to a better future.
Paint Like a Girl, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Online giving is being set up now. To give today, please reach out to us using the contact details below.
In Her Own Words
It began with a promise, made on a dusty red road in DelMonico banana country, Kapalong, on November 26, 2023, while heading to baptize 9 souls in Jesus' Name.
That day, I was asked to ride with two young ladies. One called me Mama, a word that shook my soul and fulfilled a promise God made during my season of grief.
Months before, I had mourned deeply the loss of my nephew Daequan, the son I never had. As a barren woman, I carried the quiet pain of emptiness and exclusion. But God, in His divine way, answered my sorrow with unexpected joy.
That November encounter began a journey of love and healing. I became a single mother to those girls, and soon, to many more daughters and sons. Together, we've shared tears, victories, and deep love that only God could have authored.
This is not just my story. It is our beginning, a testimony of grace, promise, and family.
(Proverbs 31:28, Isaiah 54:5)
Kim L. Wright, President
Love
Red is associated widely with Love, the greatest emotion known to mankind, demonstrated by God, in whose image we are created. Our Love is inclusive to all, unconditionally.
We understand the complexities of life and life stories void of this color, lives full of barriers, hindrances, and desires uncomforted.
Growth
Green exemplifies growth, renewal, balance, and new hope. New hope that promotes visible forward movement on the Educational Staircase while stimulating motivation and creativity to step into purpose. We Paint Like a Girl on the life canvases of others with colors that change lives.
We exist to show up as Beacons of Light and Hope where barriers of hopelessness either hinder or halt the progress of a quality education for our deserving, underprivileged young scholars. Our Color Me Green Program is designed to empower each student with the tools, support, and encouragement needed to flourish on their educational journeys.
Trust
Blue helps to balance our journeys together with peace of mind, trust and reliability, stability and structure, to name a few structural beams of the foundation we lay.
We are careful and mindful of the fragile pieces that life can leave a person's condition in after a storm. So, we lightly add hints of Blue, conveying a sense of loyalty, security, calmness, and stability to create an atmosphere of sincerity where our efforts are felt and embraced.
Joy
Yellow is purposefully used to promote cheerfulness, happiness, and well-being to those we serve and to those who are supporting our causes.
Importance
Purple is purposefully used to highlight the importance of everyone we serve.
Purple is a display of royalty, power, and wealth. A combination of Blue and Red, it is simply saying we are peculiar by God, walking in wealthy places as change makers on assignment.
Transformation
Orange is our color that represents transformation, abundance, and harvest. Orange transforms both the Artist and the Masterpiece being painted, as we all are learning and growing together in unity and vitality. Splashes of Orange embody creativity and a zest for life, unapologetically.
Compassion
Pink represents our compassion, nurture, and the creative little girl in us.
As we support the international symbol of hope and awareness for our breast cancer survivors, we unconditionally express our love, our support, and our concern for those who need our kindness and consideration in today's world.
Our Brushes
An artist has an array of canvas types in which to paint. Different canvases give a better result according to the type of paint used. Artists will use oil, acrylic, or watercolor paints and many more to achieve a masterpiece. We prefer universal canvas types and paint that fit the situation or circumstance we encounter.
Our canvases, universal in nature, are inclusive to all. The young scholars of Kapalong, Tagum City, and Barangay Upo Maitum in Sarangani Province are the canvases we take pride in. We are growing at a remarkable speed for students of all ages that need our support.
We offer the support needed to achieve a quality education through our sponsorships, scholarships, and school supply giveaway events.
Our Brushes
It is our purposeful aim to offer outlets of fun and fellowship through our Semi-Annual Volleyball Tournament in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, as one of our signature events for community service. We bring hope and support through this event as we serve the community of Clementa by feeding the youth and other meaningful giveaways.
Paint Like a Girl's reach is also beyond the youth of Clementa. We also serve the underserved indigenous communities with Love and Purpose that paint a better tomorrow for all we serve.
Our Brushes
At Paint Like a Girl, Inc., we use sports like volleyball and other ball games to bring youth together, build teamwork, and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Our Brushes
We believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ! We believe in Acts 2:38 and Romans 6:1-10. This is our call to action for all who desire to follow Jesus Christ, and we share these beliefs with you.
Acts 2:38 urges us to pursue Christ through true Repentance, Baptism in Jesus' Name for the removal of sins, and receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, which is the New Birth Experience. We believe that applying these 3 steps completes God's complete Plan of Salvation.
Hebrews 6:1 encourages us to move beyond the elementary teachings of the 3 steps of Jesus Christ's Complete Plan of Salvation and go on to maturity, not laying again the Foundation of Repentance. Verse 9 explains that there are better things that accompany Salvation, and in following Christ He remembers your Labor of Love with promotion to true purpose!