Unlock the leadership potential of 150 young women

Dear Resonate Friends and Family,

At Resonate, we build leadership and confidence for women and girls in Rwanda and in East Africa through storytelling workshops. For a young woman, self-confidence can be the difference between learning a craft and becoming an entrepreneur, or between having an idea about how to fix a problem and rallying others to implement community-based solutions. To train these young women, we partner with organizations that are have provided them hard skills training or education, and complement their program with our leadership workshops so they have the confidence to turn their new skills into action. 

Thanks to your generous donations, I am proud to announce that we will deliver 2 Storytelling for Leadership workshops in March through partnerships with Maison Shalom (an NGO providing support to Burundian refugees) and Safi Life . 

At Maison Shalom, we will train 30 women from Kigali and Nyamata, Rwanda, who have received micro-loans to run small businesses but who are struggling with the confidence and communication skills they need to sell their products. 

At Safi Life, we will train 40 young single mothers (including teen mothers), who received sewing skills through Safi Life’s programming, and have a difficult time opening up, mostly due to the trauma or stigma of being young mothers with little support from their families. 

Our programming will help these young women to grow more comfortable in their ability to speak up, and attract a clientele, using storytelling. And more importantly, our training aims to trigger a mindset shift to help them uncover their limitless potential to problem solve and be proactive in the face of challenges, so they can create a better life for themselves and their children.

Thank you for making these partnerships possible and for helping us turn our vision of East African women leading changes in their communities into a reality!

Links:

• Odette's story