Gyal is on a mission
to encourage the Caribbean woman to be bold and create opportunities which enable her to achieve her highest potential by connecting girls and young women in the region with the aim to share ideas, experiences, and skills leading to an enhanced quality of life.
Soka Gyal aims to break the cycle of poverty by consciously putting girls and women at the center of community development and revitalization. It is about creating a new foundation of community agency in a culture that values ethical, entrepreneurial, creative Caribbean women leaders. Soka Gyal focuses on creating opportunities, developing self-confidence and interpersonal skills, making ethical decisions and healthy life choices, thriving academically, embracing leadership, and having the ability to support girls’ safe passage to enter college, the workforce, and creating their own business as fully prepared and connected adults.
Soka Gyal’s program model addresses the specific developmental needs of adolescence and young adulthood.
Keep up with the Soka Gyal movement @sokagyal.
Vincy Creatives: Making It as an Entrepreneur
Soka Gyal in collaboration with Happy Brown Girls Global and Free Spirit SVG yoga instructor Rae-Dawn John hosted an open-air yoga event, Happy Pon De Beach, on March 14, 2020 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Caribbean Gyals in Film
Soka Gyal in collaboration with Hairouna Film Festival co-organized a virtual panel discussion with Caribbean women filmmakers. The event was hosted online on March 27, 2021 as part of HFF 2021.
Soka Gyal’s First Donation
Kingstown Technical Institute receives donation of art supplies.
Vincy Gyals Create
Soka Gyal hosts an evening of Vincy gyal excellence. Creative Vincentian women come together to share their stories of success and overcoming obstacles. Panelists include Nadia Huggins, Zahra Gaskin-De Freitas- Sherika Syaers- Eniye Kagbala and Odini Sutherland, moderated by LaFerne Fraser.
Gyal Boss: Business Canvas Introduction to Your Business Plan
Reading pages of a business plan is becoming obsolete in this fast-paced world of tech advancements so we organized the Gyal Boss Business Canvas: An Introduction to Your Business Plan to ensure that Vincentian entrepreneurs stay in the know and ahead of the curve!
Gyal Boss: Financial Management 101
Financial management is a key ingredient for successful girl boss of all ages! We collaborated with Hibiscus Financial Management to help teens and ladies learn how to build personal and business budgets.
Happy Brown Gyal pon de Beach
Soka Gyal in collaboration with Happy Brown Girls Global and Free Spirit SVG yoga instructor Rae-Dawn John hosted an open-air yoga event, Happy Pon De Beach, on March 14, 2020 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Gyal Movement Engages the Creativity of Women and Girls’ to Build Entrepreneurs
Soka gives back to the community by establishing Gyal, an empowerment movement for women and girls.
Gyal Con 2019
A weekend of Caribbean women’s empowerment through education, networking and mentorship from March 13 - 17, 2019.
What is Gyal?
Soka gives back to the community by establishing Gyal, an empowerment movement for women and girls.
Support a Gyal.
Part of the sales proceeds from our merchandise branded SokaGyal provides opportunities in education, networking and mentorship for girls and women throughout the Caribbean.
