Help 500 Rwandan women rebuild their communities

Summary

Through education about health issues, as well as human rights and general education, women in Rwanda will give not only themselves, but their entire community, a chance to strengthen and grow. progress report read updates from the field

Received £458 from 25 donations from people around the world like:

Ramona

Donna

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Over 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.

Activities

Women 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 Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a JPG file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Through 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...
- Violette, Participant in Rwandan Program

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Shannon O'Donnell,
Online Marketing Manager
4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20008
United States
202.737.7705
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women for Women International

Organisation

Women for Women International
4455 Connecticut Avenue Suite 200
Washington, DC 20008
United States
202.737.7705
http://www.womenforwomen.org

Learn more about Women for Women International and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Rwanda and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 11, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

A Sponsor Meets her Sister in Rwanda

By 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/

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