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Safe Houses for Iraqi Women
Iraq, Women and Girls
Funded $20,000 (of $20,000 requested)
Safe Houses for Iraqi Women identifies and shelters Iraqi women and girls who are under threat of “honor killings” or other violence, and offers them safety, counseling and human rights training. progress reportread updates from the field
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Disaster Relief for Survivors of Hurricane Felix
Nicaragua, Human Rights
Funded $273 (of $110,000 requested)
MADRE is supporting our Indigenous partners in Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Felix, a Category Five storm that destroyed thousands of people's homes and up to 90% of infrastructure in some areas. progress reportread updates from the field
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Urgent Action: Aid to Women and Children in Darfur
Sudan, Human Rights
Funded $37,500 (of $37,500 requested)
Send aid to Sudanese refugees with MADRE and Zenab, a Sudanese women’s organization. MADRE and Zenab have decades of experience addressing the particular needs of women in humanitarian crises. progress reportread updates from the field
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Empower Women to Fight HIV and End FGM in Kenya
Kenya, Women and Girls
Funded $1,005 (of $7,500 requested)
Breaking the Silence trains Indigenous Samburu women and girls to understand and prevent HIV/AIDS and end the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), also called "female circumcision". progress reportread updates from the field
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Send Aid to Women and Families in Lebanon and Gaza
Lebanon, Human Rights
Funded $1,207 (of $10,000 requested)
Help MADRE deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid—and hope—after a wrenching summer of warfare in the Middle East, to the women and families who suffer the most when war engulfs their communities. progress reportread updates from the field
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Urgent Aid Needed for Earthquake Victims in Peru
Peru, Human Rights
Funded $1,895 (of $33,000 requested)
The destructive August 15th earthquake in Peru left families in Afro-Peruvian and poorer communities without shelter, medical care, or protection from the Andean winter. progress reportread updates from the field
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Sudan: Unify and Empower Women in Crisis
Sudan, Women and Girls
Funded $873 (of $42,000 requested)
Meeting the immediate needs of women and girls who are struggling to stay alive in refugee camps in Darfur, and organizing women farmers in Elgedarif to prevent further resource conflict in Sudan. progress reportread updates from the field
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Guatemala: Pigs for Women Farmers
Guatemala, Women and Girls
Funded $250 (of $52,950 requested)
Pig farming will provide Indigenous Ixil women in El Quiché the economic resources and technical skills to create sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their families.
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