Agriculture Project (South Sudan)

One women’s association has undertaken a project for women and children empowerment by providing training for 50 women households in agricultural practices to reduce poverty and hunger. The project consists of training women in farming practices and cooperative group savings. They hope to increase success in the women’s businesses and their understanding and practice of effective leadership skills.
Total project cost: $5,313 

Birth Center Project (Haiti)

Our partner in Haiti has undertaken a $40,000 project to build a birthing center to serve the rural community. During the initial phase of the project, the partner built a training center and began her own midwifery practice while training women and youth on health and wellness topics. SowHope helped fund necessary medical tools needed to continue the midwifery practice in the training center and in preparation for the completion of the birthing center. The tools will be used to assist the birth of 50-100 women over the next year.

Total project cost: $2,000

Vulnerable Women Project (North Africa)

Our partner in North Africa runs a women’s shelter for abused women and women in or at-risk of trafficking. The goals of the project are to rescue, heal, and rehabilitate the women back into society. The project consists of preparing the shelter for women, training supervisors, offering vocational training and psychological healing, community-based rehabilitation, and reintegration.

Total project cost: $5,617

Transitional Care Centre (South Asia)

Our partner in South Asia is facilitating the safe and sustainable reintegration of abused women and their families in traumatic and dangerous situations into new communities. This is done through the provision of measured support, which enables the movement to self-reliance and independence. This project consists of facilitating set-up, monitoring independent living indicators, establishing economic independence for the household through support and market-orientated, and establishing new action plans as necessary.

Total project cost: $5,000

Three in One Agropastoral & Health Project (DRC)
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one women’s association aims to alleviate poverty, promote human rights, and increase the self-esteem of vulnerable women. The project provides women with agricultural training and supplies, including pastoral animal care lessons. In order to meet the medical needs of the community, the project also offers women’s health training.
Total project cost $18,824

Five Women Empowerment Projects (Nigeria)
Women’s associations in two local communities have begun economic projects consisting of small business training, money saving techniques, and microfinance training. The associations also instruct women how to buy and sell goods for profit while teaching them baking, bag-making, and sewing techniques. These projects have a goal of helping almost 350 women over the next year.
Total project cost $2,700

Microfinance Training (Kenya)
Our partner in Kenya is preparing a leadership and microfinance training course to help women become more self-sufficient and start projects that they themselves will manage. The project hopes to change current social structures and prevent women from getting caught into repeated remarriage cycles by teaching them marketable skills to create an income. The project intends to help up to 1,500 women over the next two years.
Total project cost $23,398