{"id":1483,"date":"2015-04-16T02:59:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T02:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asdhostingservices.com\/awdf-2\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2015-07-27T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T12:30:40","slug":"interview-african-women-giving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/interview-african-women-giving-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: African Women Giving Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<span lang=\"en\">The AWDF is supported by individual women philanthropists from different walks of life, all across the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Nana Yaa Nimako, one of our donors, has been giving to the AWDF for over five years. \u00a0She is a teacher at the <b>Ghana International School <\/b>and teaches English as a Second Language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><i>Interview by: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1484\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Yaa\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><i>How did you first learn about the African Women&#8217;s Development Fund?<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><b>Nana Yaa:<\/b> I discovered through the Internet that women from other parts of the world were spending their time, money and resources to help underprivileged women in other parts of the world, including Africa. I thought, if women elsewhere care about those in Africa, then I could do the same for women in my country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><i>What inspires you to continue supporting the AWDF?<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><b>Nana Yaa:<\/b> It makes me happy to know that I am able to support a woman out there who I don\u2019t even know. That\u2019s my inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><i>Which areas of women\u2019s rights work are you most passionate about?<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><b>Nana Yaa:<\/b> I am most passionate about women\u2019s health. A lot of women in our part of the world do not have enough money to take care of their health needs. I am especially passionate about providing support to women suffering from HIV and AIDS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><i>What would you say to other potential individual donors for the AWDF<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><b>Nana Yaa:<\/b> <\/strong>Come and give what you have. You do not need huge sums of money. Come out and donate to empower women. The doors are always open at the AWDF.<\/span>\n<span lang=\"en\">AWDF est soutenu par des femmes philanthropes de diff\u00e9rents milieux et de tout le continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Nana Yaa Nimako, l&#8217;un de nos bailleurs de fonds, a donn\u00e9 \u00e0 AWDF depuis plus de cinq ans. Elle est professeur \u00e0 la\u00a0<strong>Ghana International School<\/strong> et enseigne l&#8217;anglais comme seconde langue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><em>Interview par: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1484\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Yaa\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nana-Yaa-Nimako-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Comment avez-vous connu le Fonds de d\u00e9veloppement des femmes africaines?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Nana Yaa:<\/strong> Je l\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Internet que des femmes d\u2019autres r\u00e9gions du monde consacraient leurs temps, argent et ressources pour aider les femmes d\u00e9favoris\u00e9es dans d&#8217;autres parties du monde, notamment en Afrique. Je pensais que, si les femmes d\u2019ailleurs se soucient au sujet de celles en Afrique, alors je pourrais faire la m\u00eame chose pour les femmes dans mon pays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui vous inspire pour continuer \u00e0 soutenir l&#8217;AWDF?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Nana Yaa:<\/strong> Cela me fait plaisir de savoir que je suis en mesure de soutenir une femme l\u00e0-bas que je ne connais m\u00eame pas. Voil\u00e0 mon inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Quels question concernant les droits des femmes sont vous passionne le plus?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Nana Yaa<\/strong>: Je suis plus passionn\u00e9 sur la sant\u00e9 des femmes. Un grand nombre de femmes dans notre partie du monde ne dispose pas d&#8217;assez d&#8217;argent pour prendre soin de leurs besoins de sant\u00e9. Je suis particuli\u00e8rement engag\u00e9e \u00e0 fournir un soutien aux femmes atteintes du VIH et du SIDA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Que diriez-vous \u00e0 d&#8217;autres donateurs individuels potentiels pour l&#8217;AWDF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Nana Yaa:<\/strong> Venez donner ce que vous avez. Vous ne devez pas d&#8217;\u00e9normes sommes d&#8217;argent. Sortez et faites un don pour l&#8217;autonomisation des femmes. Les portes sont toujours ouvertes \u00e0 l&#8217;AWDF.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-note"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Interview: African Women Giving Back - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/interview-african-women-giving-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interview: African Women Giving Back - 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