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Women and Girls > Sponsor a Woman, Survivor of War, in Rwanda (#2870)
SummaryThrough the sponsorship program at Women for Women International, you are giving a woman, survivor of war, funds that will allow her to attend a one year training program in Rwanda.
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In the 1994 genocide, over 800,000 people were killed, 2,000,000 more left the country. Over ⅓ of households are headed by women; 80% of these are run by impoverished widows with no electricity or running water. Women are raising children that are the result of brutal crimes. Many have sexually transmitted diseases – over ¼ million children have been orphaned by AIDS alone. With no proper health care, food or an income to help take care of these children and families, they are left with nothing.
Through the sponsorship program, these women go through a year long education program, receive income generation assistance, rights awareness education and market based vocational skills to give them the courage to become voices for their community.
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Women for Women International has served over 11,100 women in 18 communities around Rwanda. With your help, we can continue this work and give thousands more the opportunity to move from victim to survivors.
“… I once even contemplated suicide. Sharing with other women helped me cope better and put a smile on my face."
- Gatarina, Women for Women International, Participant in the program
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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.
This project was last updated on December 3, 2009.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 29, 2009
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