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Rwanda
Economic Development
Help 500 Rwandan women rebuild their communities
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesOver 10 years ago, Rwanda experienced a genocidal conflict followed by decades of ethnic strife. Since that time, Rwanda has started working to rebuild its economic and social infrastructure. However, the impact from the genocide left a majority of the population struggling for even the most basic necessities. Through education, community participation and health awareness, these women will be able to provide for themselves and their families. ActivitiesWomen for Women International have provided malaria prevention training, job skills trainings which include basket weaving, bead work, knitting, tie-dye, tailoring, beekeeping, mushroom-growing, catering, and food processing. Funding InformationThis project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a JPG file (projdoc.pdf). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactThrough participation in our program, both as a women and as a community, we are contributing to Rwanda's economic rebuilding. Women are becoming business holders, economic contributers and strong pillars of their community. Project Message
It was only through this program that I realized I could start my own business. My business allows me to pay school fees for my children, to send them to school... Who is Running This ProjectContact
Shannon O'Donnell, Project SponsorOrganisation
Learn more about Women for Women International and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
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For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on February 16, 2010. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 11, 2007. Latest Update from the FieldA Sponsor Meets her Sister in RwandaBy Amanda Jessen - Intern, August 12, 2009 01:52 PM
 Recently, one of our supporters Linda Bauer wrote of her trip to meet her sister sponsee in Rwanda. Below is a short excerpt of her trip:
"My sister, Marie Odette, is called out of her group to meet me. My first memory of Marie is of a young woman in a long brown print dress carrying a wooden bench for us to sit on and placing it under a shade tree. "We hug each other as though we are old friends who have reunited after a very long time apart." To read more about their meeting, please see the following link: http://wfwnotesfromthefield.wordpress.com/ Pictures: Read 2 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can Help |
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