Help 500 Rwandan women rebuild their communities
Help women in Africa rebuid 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.
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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
Total Funding Received to Date: $590
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $149,410
Total Funding Goal: $150,000
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
Organization
Women for Women International
4455 Connecticut Avenue Suite 200
Washington,
DC
20008
United States
202.737.7705
http://www.womenforwomen.org
Women for Women International's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
Women for Women International's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Help 100 Iraqi Women Launch a Business |
 Help Rebuild Women's Lives in DRC |
 Help Rwandan women learn to farm, support families |
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 November 6, 2009.
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
"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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