Provide 2000 Sudanese Women with Rights Education
Rights education darfur women
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Summary
Women for Women International is providing a powerful opportunity for peace, stability and growth to women who have only known violence. Our program provides rights awareness and literacy training.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
When the world hears about Sudan, it is most often about the violence in Darfur.But the problems in Sudan are much more widespread. Most of Sudan’s nearly 40 million people have never known a time when their country was at peace. Women suffered horrible abuses during the decades-long wars, having been targeted for violence by armies on all sides. Two million women have been raped, four million uprooted and hundreds of thousands live in refugee camps.
Activities
2000 women will receive rights-awareness education and literacy training. Once they're able read, write, and do simple addition, they can take the next step to opening their own business, join a woman’s cooperative and pass her literacy skills on.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,145
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $145,855
Total Funding Goal: $150,000
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Helping women move from victim to survivor to active citizen benefits families, communities and nations. Program graduates have become businesswomen, farmers and community leaders; supporting our conviction that stronger women build stronger nations.
Project Message
"When I joined this program, I had many problems but now am changed a bit. I hope by the end of the training I will be different. I plan to do business after the skills training.”
- Roda, Participant in Sudan 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
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Sudan
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Sudan, read the Human Development Report on Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for Sudan.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on May 13, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 1, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
The Power of Sponsorship
By Amanda Jessen - Intern, May 13, 2009 11:02 AM
The numbers from the Sudan are startling. Nearly 40 years of civil war... at least 2 million lives lost... 4 million uprooted from their homes... over 700,000 in refugee camps. But because of people like you, Women for Women International is providing a powerful opportunity for peace, stability and growth to women who have only known violence.
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