We reached our $8M Capital Campaign goal.
Thank you for helping build GVP's new home!
We Are Moving to a Bigger School Summer 2026!
Global Village Project has officially reached its $8M Capital Campaign goal!
For 17 years, GVP has grown inside the halls of Decatur Presbyterian Church, building a school community centered on belonging, learning, healing, and opportunity for refugee girls.
Since 2017, we have been turning away an average of 44% of applicants due to space limitations. As GVP continued to grow, so did the need for a campus intentionally designed for our students and community. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our Village, that vision is now becoming our reality.
In 2023, we purchased a property that will become our new campus in the summer of 2026. Designed by architect Rosalie Ezekiel and built by SG Contracting, Inc., the property is a three-building campus that sits on 3.2 acres of land in a quiet residential neighborhood.
The size will allow us to expand the capacity of our program, doubling our current capacity, allowing us to scale up to enroll 100 students! Our new home will have many “firsts” for us: 12 large classrooms, a cafeteria, an auditorium for performances, a STEAM classroom, and ample space for school counselors, nurses, and more.
In September 2025, renovation officially began. Since then, week by week, the building has transformed. Classrooms have taken shape, walls have gone up, and the future home of GVP is coming to life.
This milestone was made possible by an incredible Village of supporters, families, foundations, partners, and friends who believed in this vision from the very beginning.
As we prepare to move, we are filled with excitement for what’s ahead, with deep gratitude for everyone helping bring this next chapter of GVP to life. We look forward to welcoming our Village into the new campus that so many have made possible!
Our Dream
In 2007, five Afghan girls gathered on a Saturday to learn. Today, GVP is the only middle school in the United States dedicated exclusively to the education of refugee girls.
That is not a small thing.
For hundreds of young women who arrived in this country with interrupted educations, uncertain futures, and nowhere else to turn, GVP was a safe space was waiting for them.
Our new campus is the next chapter of that story. More space. More girls. The same unwavering commitment to making sure every refugee girl who walks through our doors has a safe place to learn, heal, and reach her full potential.
This is what it looks like when a community decides that no girl's future should be left behind.
