2022 AWIU Grant Recipients

In 2022, AWIU awarded grants to 14 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage

2022 U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage

Rizwana Hasan, Bangladesh
Simone Sibilio do Nascimento, Brazil
Ei Thinzar Maung, Burma
Josefina Klinger Zúñiga, Colombia
Taif Sami Mohammed, Iraq
Facia Boyenoh Harris, Liberia
Najla Mangoush, Libya
Doina Gherman, Moldova
Bhumika Shrestha, Nepal
Carmen Gheorghe, Romania
Roegchanda Pascoe, South Africa
Phạm Đoan Trang, Vietnam

2022 AWIU Representative List Of Grant Recipients

BURUNDI

Femmes En Action (Women in Action/Youth Power)

Job skills training for hair dressing

CAMEROON

Cameroon Young Dynamic Youths

Maternal and infant care training and materials

GHANA

Prince & Princess Academy

Construction/building materials for additional classrooms

GUATAMALA

Tejidos Cotzal Cooperative
Weaving projects

32 Volcanes de Guatemala
Educational, health, nutrition, and environmental projects

Grupo Cajola
Library books

Guatemala Housing Authority (GHA)
Housing, education, and scholarships

Nuevo Horizonte
Health, agriculture, tourism, and education

GUINEA

Women Force Organization Guinea (Force Des Femmes Guinée)

Sewing machines purchased to train 32 women in sewing, fashion, design

HAITI

Second Mile Haiti

Medical equipment and kits for clinic

INDIA

Human Organization for People's Enlightenment

Training and bamboo supplies for local selling

IVORY COAST

Ivory Coast Mothers and Children Clinic

Plastering and painting a vaccination room and food for 150 children for five months

RWANDA

Rwanda Children

Nutrition project for 38 women

SIERRA LEONE

The Needy Today

Training 60 women in basic IT computer skills to lead to employment and purchasing 10 computers

UGANDA

Alpha Women Empowerment Initiative

Piglet project for 25 women

Divine Action Rural Development Foundation
Briquette project

Foundation for Women Affected by Conflicts
Sewing project to teach various skills in machining

PLAVIO Uganda
Tailoring training where machines go to participants to start their own small businesses

Women Arises Association
10,000 liter water tank for hospital in Bwatale

Grant Report 2022