In June 2013, a 3 member team from AWDF – Rose Buabeng, Anglophone Programme Officer; Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Communications Specialist, Solange Kuadjo, Programme Assistant – visited 19 grantee partners, and 3 potential grantee partners in 7 Nigerian States (Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Ilorin, Nasawara, Ile Ife, Kwara). Chika Oduah, a multi-media journalist who took many of the lovely images you will see below, accompanied the AWDF team on this monitoring visit.
One of the advantages of being on monitoring visits is that you get to see directly the impact of the work being done by grantee partners. An unexpected and always pleasant surprise is the positive feedback you get directly when you are doing a good job.
Below are some of the comments our grantee partners said about the work of the AWDF:
“I am happy to see women trying to touch the lives of other women. I am so glad and encourage you to continue. I know what touching lives mean and the effort and resources that goes into it.”
Ms Ndudi Bowei, Executive Director, The International Center for Environmental Health & Development
Photography by Chika Oduah
“AWDF is supporting a lot of women on the African continent, I am happy for AWDF and praying that they will get more money to continue funding women’s organizations.”
Ms Lucy Attah, Executive Director, Women and Children of Hope Foundation
Photography by Chika Oduah
“I thank God for the people who supported AWDF. It is a wonderful women’s organisation. No matter the quality of one’s application and the standard of the organisation, they still have patience for everybody. Please keep it up. I know this project will take FARDEM to a higher level”
Ms. Rose Nwaogwugwu, Executive Director, The Family Resources Development Motivators
Photography by Nana Darkoa
“With AWDF even if you don’t ask, they know you are there so we don’t need to let them down; we thank them for all the support through the years. They are really a women-focused organization and are always there for women”
Ms Funmi Doherty, Executive Director, Society for Women and AIDS Africa Nigeria
Photography by Chika Oduah
“The partnership between GADA and AWDF has boosted the organization’s morale. We have always resorted to AWDF in times of need and they don’t disappoint. The partnership has also helped GADA leverage more funding and other opportunities. I wish GADA and AWDF partnership never ends”
Ms Ada Agina-Ude, Executive Director, Gender and Development Association – GADA).
Photography by Solange Kuadjo
“AWDF has always supported Ajegunle’s women in politics and leadership project. The women here who are now active in politics owe AWDF and those who support them a great gratitude. They are now very vocal and demanding their rights from political party leaders and others in various leadership positions. The International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation has also been very useful to me. Thanks AWDF”
Ms Funmi Adeniyi, Senior Programme Manager, Ajegunle Community Project
By Rose Buabeng with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
I also thank AWDF for being there for African women-and in particular for women and girls in Uganda. When no body perhaps knew us, this very GENEROUS institution believed in us and trusted us with funding towards WAD 2011; which brought us to the limelight.
About a year later, AWDF expanded this trust-by funding a project towards reducing violence against women and girls. The scores of success achieved under this intervention are remarkable.
How I wish that its funding base blossoms by the day, for I know that it will make the best use of it.
Thank you
@Ritah – Thank you so much for this comment. It is heart warming to get this kind of feedback from our grantee partners. We appreciate the work that you all do for African women
thank you for the good work you are doing for women and the great support too for grantee partners .how I wish you all the best and may the funding base blossom by the day
Much appreciated Rosemary