Women for Women International

Mission

Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies.

Programs

Our strategy promotes rights-based development by supporting women as they take control in rebuilding their lives and generating economic sustainability in their communities. A multi-phase approach combines: direct aid, emotional support, skills training, rights education, leadership training, microenterprise and small business development. Underlying all program activities is the idea that women will advance from victim to survivor to becoming active, self-assured members of their communities.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Teach 4200 women in the Congo (DRC) basic literacy	Vital Job-Skills Training for 500 Afghan Women	Help Rebuild Women's Lives in DRC	Give Microcredit Loans to Women in Bosnia
Provide 2000 Sudanese Women with Rights Education	Commercial Integrated Farming Initiative in Rwanda	Help Empower 300 Women in Kosovo through Education	Help 500 Rwandan women rebuild thier communities
Teach Colombian Women Vital Vocational Skills

Personnel Overview

Zainab Salbi - President and CEO
Zainab Salbi and her husband founded Women for Women International in 1993. Since then the organization has reached 120,000 women affecting 648,000 family and community members. Women for Women International is 2006 recipient of the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the first women’s organization to receive this honor. The $1.5 million prize is the largest humanitarian award in the world.

Personnel Statistics

Zainab Salbi,
President and CEO
Founded in 1994
Employees: 200
Volunteers: 50