Business and Leadership Training
Just last month, SowHope forged a new partnership with a non-profit organization based in Thailand that provides leadership and business training for women who are either victims of human trafficking, refugees, or have been displaced. This project includes personal counseling, theoretical and practical business training. SowHope awarded a grant to our partner to support women […]
Goats For A Better Future
Recently, we received a report from our partner in the Eastern Region of DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the progress of their agricultural project. In autumn of 2015, a team from SowHope traveled to the DRC to meet with Claudaline, our partner, to evaluate her animal husbandry, farming, and health projects. In the DRC, […]
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 […]
Hope for Peace in South Sudan
In 2015, SowHope made its first visit to South Sudan. Mary Dailey Brown and Dr. Pam Ogor traveled there to meet with Mary G, SowHope’s partner, who organized meetings with local women. Devastated by war and famine, most women are at a huge disadvantage. They live in constant fear for their safety.
2016 Annual Report
SowHope exists to inspire impoverished women in the developing world by promoting wellness, education and economic opportunities.
Meet Board Member Judy Kruger
Judy Kruger was initially drawn to SowHope after attending an art exhibition that displayed the many faces of women whose lives had been changed by its projects. She continues to support SowHope’s mission of economic empowerment, the establishment of health clinics, and provision of literacy programs. These missions align with Judy’s own passion for meeting […]
Why Afghanistan?
Data from the United Nation and UNICEF show that Afghan women face the following challenges: -Women are physically, emotionally and sexually violated 90 percent of the time. -More than 50 percent of Afghan girls are engaged by the age of 12 and nearly 60 percent are married by the age of 16 to far older […]
Hope for Peace in South Sudan
In 2015, SowHope made its first visit to South Sudan. Mary Dailey Brown and Dr. Pam Ogor traveled there to meet with Mary G, SowHope’s partner, who organized meetings with local women. Devastated by war and famine, most women are at a huge disadvantage. They live in constant fear for their safety.
Bangladesh Cooperative – Spring 2017 Newsletter
A few years ago, a SowHope team led by CEO Mary Dailey Brown was verifying a microfinance project in Bangladesh and was invited to visit a rural school. The teacher at this school, Bobita, was very inspired as Mary talked about SowHope’s work with women around the world. So Bobita, still actively teaching, went on […]
Quality Maternal Healthcare – Spring 2017 Newsletter
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