In 2018, AWIU awarded grants to over 15 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage
2018 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage
Roya Sadat, Afghanistan
Aura Elena Farfan, Guatemala
Dr. Julissa Villanueva, Honduras
Aliyah Khalaf Saleh, Iraq
Sister Maria Elena Berini, Italy
Aiman Umarova, Kazakhstan
Dr. Feride Rushiti, Kosovo
L’Malouma Said, Mauritania
Godeliève Mukasarasi, Rwanda
Sirikan Charoensiri, Thailand
2018 AWIU Representative List Of Grant Recipients
CONGO
FRIENDLY WATER FOR THE WORLD (U.S.-based organization operating in the Congo)
Funding for biosand filters for clean water
INDIA
SOCIETY FOR WOMEN EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC THRUST (SWEET)
Seed money and training for women living with HIV/AIDS and poor widows to set up small businesses
RURAL AND URBAN WOMEN’S WELFARE ORGANISATION (RUWWO)
Establishment of backyard chicken farming project
ISRAEL
BRAAEM OLOM – BUDS OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Program for STEM education for girls in an Arab village in Israel
IVORY COAST
IVORY COAST MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
Construction of a cistern at a girls’ elementary school to provide clean water and gender equality
KENYA
IMANI INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Fish farming and business training for women in Kasipul
KIINI INITIATIVE
Funds for development of kitchen gardening project
LIBERIA
WOMEN SOLIDARITY AND DEVELOPMENT (WSD)
Funding to develop a soap and bleach manufacturing business
NEPAL
TRACK NEPAL
Purchase of sewing machines and funding for tailoring and embroidery instruction for rural women
AWARE NEPAL
Sustainable livelihood program for earthquake rural women, including funding for goats, hens and a mobile veterinarian
NICARAGUA
THE LILY PROJECT
Health exams and cervical cancer screening for 400 women in rural Nicaragua
COLECTIVO DE MUJERES DE MATAGALPA
Funding for glasses and ophthalmology equipment and services
PAKISTAN
SAIDU FALAHI TANZEEM “A SOCIETY FOR WOMEN RIGHTS”
Empowering widows of the war on terrorism with the purchase of sewing machines to establish economic independence
TANZANIA
HOPE REVIVAL CHILDREN’S ORGANIZATION
Reusable sanitary pads for women and schoolgirls in rural Tanzania, & additional funds for knitting machines
UGANDA
ALPHA WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE (AWEI)
Improving nutrition and income for pregnant women through kitchen gardens & additional funds for carrot seeds
