Restoring Sight in South Sudan
Imagine slowly losing your sight. Transitioning from full independence to being led around with a stick by one of the young members of your family for the rest of your life. The young person becomes your daily guide and loses the opportunity to go to school. Blindness becomes a tremendous burden not only for you […]
Matching Gift Alert – Burkina Faso Fistula Project
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”6090″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]At the age of 16, Aida had been in labor for three days and didn’t know where to turn. Neighbors in her community came together and paid for transport to the local clinic; unfortunately, […]
Matching Gift Alert – Grace Community Birth Center
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] You have a monumental opportunity to be a part of something great. In our summer newsletter and again at our annual Gala, we introduced Ninotte and her dream of building a birth center to serve the 30,000 inhabitants of the Terrier […]
SowHope Summer Yoga Series
The SowHope Summer Yoga Series is in full swing. We believe in promoting healthy lives all around the world and that starts with our own. Each class is taught by SowHope Intern and Certified Yoga Teacher, Carissa Patrone. Carissa is very passionate about the positive effects that integrating yoga can have on our bodies and […]
Quality Maternal Healthcare – Spring 2017 Newsletter
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]We have seen many great successes in Uganda across all of SowHope’s program areas: wellness, education, and economic opportunities. Catherine is one woman who was extremely successful with several different small businesses. She learned midwifery from her grandmother and used one of […]
11 Reasons to Sow Hope for Women
[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]At SowHope, we focus on supporting women through wellness, education, and economic opportunities. Since 2006, SowHope President Mary Dailey Brown and her staff have traveled to 16 developing countries to empower local leaders to help women in their community. Throughout these travels, we have found eleven common […]
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 […]
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 […]