In 2021, AWIU awarded grants to over 15 organizations worldwide
and the International Women of Courage
2021 U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage
Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Burma
Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe, Cameroon
Wang Yu, China
Mayerlis Angarita, Colombia
Julienne Lusenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Judge Erika Aifan, Guatemala
Shohreh Bayat, Iran
Muskan Khatun, Nepal
Zahra Mohamed Ahmad, Somalia
Sister Alicia Vacas Moro, Spain
Ranitha Gnanarajah, Sri Lanka
Canan Güllü, Turkey
Ana Rosario Contreras, Venezuela
2021 AWIU Representative List Of Grant Recipients
UGANDA
ALPHA WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE – (AWEI)
Maize growing project for local women
FOUNDATION OF WOMEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICTS – FOWAC
Beekeeping project to help women in the rural location for a sustainable business
I AM A GIRL – (IAG)
Sewing machines for sanitary hygiene products
KRMA-US PARTNERS, LTD
Training for young women in preparation for college exams
CAMEROON
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT & GOVERNANCE FACILITY – (EDGF)
Train street hawkers in managing their own mini business
TANZANIA
HOPE REVIVAL CHILDREN’S ORGANIZATION (HRCO)
Tilapia fish farming project for sale and consumption, improving quality of nutrition
IVORY COAST
IVORY COAST MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
For vaccines and medical equipment
NEPAL
MODERN MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (MMRS)
Internet costs for one year
GHANA
PRINCE AND PRINCESS ACADEMY
Build an additional classroom for school
RWANDA
RWANDA CHILDREN
Nutrition training and program for women and children
CAMBODIA
SUSTAINABLE HEALTH EMPOWERMENT – (SHE)
Wellness exams for women in remote rural areas
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
SHLAMA FOUNDATION
Teaching women to sew and sell folkloric clothing
INDIA
SOCIETY FOR WOMEN EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC THRUST (SWEET)
Goat project for an HIV/AIDS community
GUATEMALA
TEJIDOS COTZAL COOPERATIVE
Food security program growing maize and raising pigs
NICARAGUA
THE LILY PROJECT
Wellness exams for women in remote rural areas
2021 International Women of Courage
Posthumous Awardees: Assassinated In Afghanistan 2020
General Sharmila Frough
Fatema Natasha Khalil
Freshta Kohistani
Malalai Maiwand
Freshta Mohamed
Maryam Noorzad
Fatima Rajabi