Women’s Football for Unity, Rwanda
Girl's Football in Rwanda
Summary
The project will make girls' football strong in Kigali City and Rwanda. The project will demonstrate the positive impact of gender in sport for social change.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $105,000 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Association of Kigali Women Footballers That You Can Help
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Received $105,000 from 51 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
AKWOF promotes girls and women’s rights and self-confidence through sport, especially football. We assist Rwandan women to have a forum for integration and reconciliation. We use sport to promote awareness among Rwandan women about the dangers of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and provide a meeting point between the elite and uneducated women for exchange of ideas
Activities
AKWOF will train female trainers, coaches, referees and match commissioners. We will create the Women Soccer Federation and a professional women’s Football Team.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $105,000
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $105,000 . The original project funding goal was $105,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will make women’s football a catalyst for unity and reconciliation while creating a viable economic activity, thereby reducing poverty amongst women. We will show the impact of sport and social change.
Project Message
Genocide left women survivors traumatized and with no more value for life. In 1997, we ladies decided to rub off history and took initiative to encourage women football for unity & reconciliation
- Rwemalika Felicite, Founder, AKWOF
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Felicite Rwema
Founder, AKWOF
Nyaruuguge - Kigali
250
Kigali, Kigali 5141
Rwanda
8303398
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Association of Kigali Women Footballers
Nyaruuguge - Kigari 00 250 08303398
Kigali,
Kigali
NA
Rwanda
083033981 08523
Association of Kigali Women Footballers's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Train 100 football women coaches in Rwanda |
 Sports to Empower Women & Girls in Rwanda |
Association of Kigali Women Footballers's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Children's Voice in Rwanda |
 Sports to Promote Women's Rights in Rwanda |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
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 November 2, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Networking for improved women empowerment through sports for social change.
By Felicite RWEMALIKA - Executive Director, July 17, 2008 06:32 PM
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