Help Vulnerable Women Become Leading Change Agents
Women's Education in Africa
Summary
Global Grassroots' Conscious Change Academy provides 12 months of conscious leadership and social venture training, seed grants and high-engagement support for grassroots change agents in Rwanda.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, nearly 1 million were killed and hundreds of thousands of women raped in 100 days. In the aftermath, women were left to assume the roles of men in mending communities. The poverty and gender inequality these women normally face were compounded by the physical and psychological impact of the violence. As caretakers of their communities, women have valuable insights on social change priorities, yet have access to minimal resources to initiate effective solutions.
Activities
Emerging change agents among Rwanda's most vulnerable women will receive 12 months of social venture skills training, personal transformation practices, seed grants and high-engagement support to launch their own solutions for social change.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $33,769
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $19,064
Total Funding Goal: $52,833
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Global Grassroots' overarching goal is to support conscious social change, driven by and for marginalized women at the grassroots level. In 2010, Global Grassroots aims to launch 10 new social ventures in Rwanda.
Project Message
I use consciousness practices in helping those in a difficult situation, so that they may overcome it and become aware of it. After awareness is attained, you become joyous.
- MUTESI, Marie, Venture Team, Meg Foundation Tailoring School
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Gretchen Wallace
President and Founder
45 Lyme Road
Suite 206
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
United States
(+1) 603.643.0400
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Organization
Global Grassroots
45 Lyme Road Suite 206
Hanover,
NH
3755
United States
(+1) 603.643.0400
http://www.globalgrassroots.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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Rwanda
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 2, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Global Grassroots Reaches 40,000 Lives
By Gretchen Wallace - Global Grassroots Reaches 40,000 Lives, September 23, 2009 02:01 PM
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