Ten Year Celebration – Fall 2016 Newsletter
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] SowHope celebrated our 10th anniversary at an Open House at our office on May 15th, 2016. When SowHope turned 10 this January, it also marked the 10-year anniversary for our dedicated volunteers. SowHope’s model has always meant a dependence on the good will of helpers. […]
Healing Syrian Women – Fall 2016 Newsletter
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] This year, SowHope has formed a new partnership in the Middle East. In Jordan, the Global Hope Network (GHN) reaches out to refugees from Iraq, Syria, and Palestine, offering them classes in building self-esteem, tailoring, jewelry making, and using computers. GHN realized that these uprooted […]
Dedication of a Birthing Center in Uganda
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Based on field visit reports from Mary Dailey Brown. Edited by Bonnie Conley & Amy Lindholm. The SowHope team just visited a village in Uganda that is home to a SowHope-funded birthing clinic. The team coordinated their visit with the dedication of the new facility, which […]
Addressing Gender Roles in the DR Congo
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Written by Amy Lindholm. After 10 years of inspiring women through wellness, education, and economic opportunities, we have been noticing some trends and shifts in the recent project applications from our knowledgeable local leaders. SowHope recently received an application to fund an economic project benefiting a […]
The Impact is Lasting: Field Notes from the DR Congo, Fall 2015
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Written by Ruth Posthumus. Based on observations made in the field. October 26, 2015: THE SOWHOPE TEAM ARRIVES IN THE EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DR CONGO). During a drive to visit agropastoral projects in a rural village, Claudaline told the SowHope team about her inspiration […]
Celebration in DR Congo – Spring 2016 Newsletter
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Program team members recently evaluated 14 SowHope funded projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Claudaline, one of our partners in the DRC, has several projects under way which are changing the lives of women from a major city and two rural villages. […]
Support Women Worldwide for Mother’s Day 2016
Written by Meagan Roland, SowHope Intern. Based on field visit reports from Mary Dailey Brown. Veronique, a widow from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a survivor of emotional and physical abuse perpetrated against her by armed rebels during regional conflicts. Unfortunately, many women living in the DRC have experienced great violence and hardship due to […]