Life Empowerment International (LEI ) is a women-led grassroots nonprofit organization based in Richmond, Virginia, dedicated to empowering girls and women to live with dignity, lead with confidence, and create lasting change in their families, communities, and nations.

Many girls and women around the world continue to face barriers that limit their education, leadership, safety, confidence, economic participation, and voice in public and digital spaces. LEI exists to help change that.

We believe real transformation begins when girls and women are seen, heard, trained, connected, and supported. Through leadership development, peacebuilding, mentoring, Global Circles, volunteer engagement, and strategic partnerships, LEI creates pathways for girls and women to rise as leaders, peacebuilders, and changemakers.

Our work begins at the community level and reaches across borders. From local engagement in the United States to global partnerships in developing countries, LEI is building a movement rooted in service, education, unity, and peace.

With a growing network of volunteers, ambassadors, professional experts, and country-based Global Circles, LEI is working toward one bold goal: to empower one million individuals by 2035.

Ambassador Dr. Melinda Becks, Founder and CEO of Life Empowerment International, is a visionary leader, global peace practitioner, international speaker, and leadership development strategist committed to empowering girls and women through dignity, confidence, leadership, and opportunity. Drawing on her work in peacebuilding, mentoring, community engagement, and values-based leadership, she developed LEI’s core strategy: Girls Rising. Women Leading. Communities Transforming. This vision became the foundation of LEI, a women-led grassroots nonprofit advancing girls’ and women’s empowerment from local communities to global partnerships. Read more

One Million Lives Empowered by 2035

LEI aims to empower one million individuals by 2035 through direct programs, global partnerships, leadership development, peacebuilding, Global Circles, and community-centered action that strengthens girls, women, families, and future generations.