Harpswell

In Southeast Asia, men attend college at nearly three times the rate of women even as international experts prioritize supporting women through higher education and entrepreneurship as proven means to socio-economic development.

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Harpswell, U.S.-based nonprofit, sees promoting the next generation of women leaders as the most powerful force for positive social change in Southeast Asia and key to the region’s future 

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They operate two first-of-their-kind residential leadership centers for young women attending university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as well as a two-week leadership training summit in Malaysia for young professional women from the ten ASEAN countries across Southeast Asia and Nepal. 

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The majority of the young women in their programs report graduating at the top-ten percent of their university class and two-thirds receiving competitive scholarships. 

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We helped them develop a comprehensive new brand that better reflects the organization and the women they serve, applying these concepts and messaging to the creation of new materials and their website. They’ve been able to use the new assets to secure more partners and sponsors. 

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Harpswell was founded by Alan Lightman, an American writer, scientist and social entrepreneur.

Professor Lightman has made fundamental contributions to the field of astrophysics, and is best known for authoring Einstein's Dreams and holding faculty appointments in both science and the humanities at MIT.

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