Building an alternative Network to Stop VAW

Dear Donors,

We are so excited to share with you our progress on the LIV project!

As you know, this project aims to establish a support network composed of alternative actors that provide support to women with low educational levels who are in situations of violence.

We have achieved great things in the past 11 months!

• We raised $800 USD through the GlobalGiving platform. These funds have allowed us to finance the necessary activities for our program, including training for the members of the support network.
• We started training virtually in collaboration with Wizeline, impacting directly approximately 15 people. The participants of these trainings received tools to recognize and respond to situations of violence, as well as to strengthen their self-esteem and resilience.
• One of the major turning points of our project has been to facilitate the methodology to different professionals and build a multiplier network that allows us to reach more women and spaces. In October, we were able to train 70 students in psychology and pedagogy to be able to replicate our methodology. We also trained 46 students from a private university of various careers, who are doing community service, working with women who want to start their own business, and who can channel and contain them if they need it.
• We established contact with the Community Centers of the state of Nuevo León, which are administered by the Secretariat of Equity and Inclusion of the state government. We conducted a training this month with a group of women who are learning sewing. The session was very emotional and reminded us of who and for whom we do this work day by day.
• In addition, we are happy to announce that on November 27th we will be holding a training for beneficiaries of Community Centers in Monterrey, in alliance with a large local company.

We are so happy to see how our project is having a positive impact on the lives of so many women!

We know that there is still a lot of work to be done, but we are committed to continuing with this project and achieving our vision of a solid and effective support network that provides women with the help they need to overcome violence.

Thank you to all our donors for your support! Your generosity has allowed us to take important steps towards building a better future for women.

Let's celebrate together this moment of joy and hope!

With gratitude,
Olascoaga® Team

It has been 7 months since our first crowdfunding campaign to finance our LIV project, which aims to build a support network of alternative actors to assist women with low educational levels living in violent circumstances. This support network will be trained to provide appropriate emotional support to women victims of violence and will be equipped to address the factors that contribute to victims not reporting their experiences or seeking help. We are excited to share our progress with you. 

Through GlobalGiving, we raised $800 USD to fund the activities required by the program, and in the following lines, we would like to share with you the advancements we have made in consolidating the training and formation of this support network for women. 

We are thrilled because, after arduous work mapping alliances and reformulating our profile and training approach, we have managed to solidify the spaces where we will conduct our training sessions. It was disheartening to see time pass by without achieving concrete alliances and spaces, but after a few months and gaining a new perspective, we have regained hope and have consolidated the following spaces and upcoming dates to implement our content: 

• Wizeline in virtual mode for the month of August, with a direct impact on approximately 30 people. 
• Mary Kay Mexico in virtual and in-person mode for the month of September, with a direct impact on approximately 80 people. 
• Jun Café in-person for the month of August, with a direct impact on approximately 5 people. 

We continue to seek more spaces where our program will be welcomed and can positively impact the lives of many more working women. It will be our pleasure to show you in the next report the photos of how the training sessions unfolded. 

Thank you very much for your donation. Thanks to you, we will be ready to start building this support network, as we envision the emergence of a coordinated system of care integrated by alternative actors capable of supporting women victims of violence. With that goal in mind, we will continue working until we see it fully consolidated. 

With love

Olascoaga® Team