Case study: More Than Just a Grant Fifty-eight percent of residents in Kalikot, Nepal, live in deep poverty. Seventy-four percent of its girls are married by the age of 19 and largely uneducated. Against this bleak backdrop, Modern Model Residential School offers a better future to the area’s children through […]
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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,
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In 2020, AWIU awarded grants to over 10 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2020 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan Lucy Kocharyan, Armenia Shahla Humbatova, Azerbaijan Ximena Galarza, Bolivia Claire Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso Sayragul Sauytbay, Kazakhstan Susanna Liew, Malaysia Amaya Coppens, Nicaragua
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In 2019, AWIU awarded grants to over 10 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2019 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage Razia Sultana, Bangladesh Naw K’nyawPaw, Burma Moumina Housssein Darar, Djibouti Magda Gobran Gorgy, Egypt Sister Orla Treacy, Ireland Olivera Lakic, Montenegro Marini de Livera, Sri
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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
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2017 ACTION FOR RURAL WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (ARWDF), UGANDA Mushroom Growing and Processing Trainings for Life Improvement (Grant Sent in January 2017) ACTION FOR WOMEN NETWORK (AWN), UGANDA – Coffee Processing Project. Addressing Climate Change ALPHA WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE, UGANDA– Goat Farming Project for Women with HIV/Aids ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN
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