Archives in the category: thematic areas

Women Solidarity Inc. (WOSI)

$10,000 to undertake series of activities to enhance girls’ right to education; protect girls against gender based violence including FGM and create a girls-friendly learning environment in Tapita District, Nimba County.

Women’s Rights & Democracy Centre (WORD Centre)

$1,000 to help reduce the incidences of Mother to Child transmission of HIV through creating awareness amongst young women in Kakata city on the need to prevent Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and by taking advantage of the services available in Kakata, Margibi County.

Liberia Needy Women and Children Organization (LINWCO) Inc.

$10,000 to support selected small scale women business entrepreneurs in Montserrado and Tewor Districts and Grand Cape Mount Counties to expand their businesses through training in entrepreneurship skills and the provision of trainees with micro credit to support their businesses.

New Liberian Women Organisation/Skills training Centre

$15,000 to train selected unemployed women and youths of Liberia in income generation activities (beauty care and therapy, baking/pastry, macramé’, soap science, sewing/tailoring and computer science to enable them become self-reliant. Part of the grant was used for institutional support

Community Humanitarian Advocacy Organization Inc. (COHADO)

$10,000 to strengthen 8 existing gender clubs through training and other technical support; form 3 new gender clubs and train them in women’s human rights issues. Part of the grant was used to support women’s small scale business initiatives through the provision of micro loans to survivors of gender based violence and other needy women

Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE Kenya Chapter)

$20,000 to advocate for policy and curriculum change that address climate change, gender and girls’ issues in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in three African countries namely Mozambique, Burkina Faso and South Sudan.

African Biodiversity Network (ABN)

$50,000 to research, produce and launch a report that focuses especially on women’s knowledge systems and their critical role in seed selection, household food and nutritional sovereignty and climate change resilience

Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK)

$5,000 to create awareness on the current status of IDP women and children in camps through the development of a documentary and newsletters.

Lake Victoria Initiatives (LAVIN)

$5,000 to educate the women and girls in the community on the impacts of gender and forced migration along the borders of Isebenia-Migori and effective strategies to reduce the vice.

HIAS Refugee Trust of Kenya (HRTK)

$5,000 to strengthen the institutional capacity and existing work being carried out by the organization through this communication strategy.