Author: African Women's Development Fund

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IDB Prize for Women in Development[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]La Banque islamique de développement a créé le Prix de la BID pour la contribution des femmes au développement en 1427 de l’hégire (2006) en alignement avec les recommandations du Groupe consultatif des femmes de la BID. Le Groupe est composé de 12 femmes de premier plan reconnues comme leaders dans leurs domaines qui conseillent la Banque sur la façon d’améliorer la participation des femmes dans le processus de développement socioéconomique. Le Prix est décerné chaque année afin d’attirer l’attention internationale sur le rôle vital que jouent les femmes dans le développement de leurs communautés et le monde.

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IDB Prize for Women in Development[/tp]

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[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]My experience as the Capacity Building Unit Intern at AWDF has been amazing. This opportunity was made possible through the Mount Holyoke College International Internship Program, which established the partnership with the organization and provided the funding. As a senior undergraduate student in International Relations, I was looking for an internship that would expose me to a likely career path. I have been involved with projects related to women’s empowerment for the last 4 years and I became interested in economic development in college. The global agenda for women is one of my passions, so the chance to work at a renowned international nonprofit organization dealing with the intersection of gender and development was a great fit. This is my first time in Ghana and in Africa, and I am already making plans to come back. The people are welcoming, the culture is rich and the country is beautiful.

The work environment at AWDF is very collaborative. I was fortunate to participate in the mid-year review and understand the organization as a whole, as well as its relationships with its multiple stakeholders. AWDF is committed to transparency, accountability and the monitoring and evaluation of its activities. It was enlightening to watch presentations from all the teams, from the Capacity Building Unit and Communications to the Finance department, and see how connected and complimentary they are. Another highlight of the internship has been the site visits to grantee organizations. By partaking in some of them, I was able to hear about the accomplishments and challenges of philanthropy, from the people making the change on the ground. It was inspiring to see how passionate and invested the people working in these organizations are.

My main task as the Capacity Building Unit Intern is to document the impact of the Capacity Building Program since its inception. Nafi Chinery, the Capacity Building Specialist, gave me the scope of my work and let me develop my own process to collect information. I conceptualized a grantee questionnaire sent to 100 organizations, in order to assess the changes undertaken after their participation in the Capacity Building Program activities. I also interviewed staff members and the CEO, which allowed me to paint a broader picture of the capabilities, lessons learned and the way forward for the Program. Another contribution was the translation of strategic organizational documents into Portuguese, such as the Grant-Making Application Guidelines.

I come from a family of many women and attend a women’s college. Therefore, the presence of outstanding women leaders in this office felt very familiar from the start. The staff is friendly and open, which allows for my questions on topics ranging from the nonprofits and international organizations to Ghanaian culture and work-life balance. I am glad to have found new colleagues and mentors who I can count on while taking the next steps in my professional development. This internship has broadened my understanding of the nonprofit sector and has showed me that this is a career I would enjoy pursuing. I will leave with fresh ideas and new possibilities in mind. I definitely recommend interning with the African Women’s Development Fund. It has been an enriching experience, in the personal, professional and academic levels. I am very thankful for this opportunity and I will dearly miss my AWDF sisters!

-Raquel Helen Silva

International Relations ‘14

Mount Holyoke College[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Mon expérience en tant que stagiaire à l’unité de renforcement des capacités à AWDF a été incroyable. Cette opportunité a été rendue possible grâce au Programme de stages internationaux du Mount Holyoke College, qui a établi le partenariat avec l’organisation et a fourni le financement. Etant étudiante de premier cycle supérieur en relations internationales, je cherchais un stage qui m’expose à un cheminement de carrière probable. Je participe à des projets liés à l’autonomisation des femmes depuis les 4 dernières années et je me suis intéressée au développement économique à l’université. Le programme mondial pour les femmes est une de mes passions, de sorte que la possibilité de travailler pour un organisme sans but lucratif de renommée internationale à l’intersection de l’égalité et du développement a été une grande chance. C’est ma première fois au Ghana et en Afrique, et j’ai déjà des plans pour revenir. Les gens sont accueillants, la culture est riche et le pays est beau.

L’environnement de travail à AWDF est très collaboratif. J’ai eu la chance de participer à l’examen de mi-année et comprendre l’organisation dans son ensemble, ainsi que ses relations avec ses multiples parties prenantes. AWDF est engagé à la transparence, la responsabilité, le suivi et l’évaluation de ses activités. Il était instructif de regarder des présentations de toutes les équipes, de l’Unité de renforcement des capacités et des communications au ministère des Finances, et de voir qu’elles sont en ligne et gratuites. Un autre point fort du stage a été les visites aux organismes bénéficiaires. En participant à certaines d’entre elles, je pouvais entendre sur les réalisations et les défis de la philanthropie, des gens qui font le changement sur le terrain. Il était inspirant de voir comment les personnes travaillant dans ces organisations sont passionnées et investies .

Ma principale tâche en tant que stagiaire à l’unité de renforcement des capacités est de documenter l’impact du Programme de renforcement des capacités depuis sa création. Nafi Chinery, le spécialiste de renforcement des capacités, m’a donné la portée de mon travail et m’a permis de développer mon propre processus pour recueillir des informations. J’ai conceptualisé un questionnaire envoyé à 100 organisations bénéficiaires, afin d’évaluer les changements entrepris après leur participation aux activités du Programme de renforcement des capacités. J’ai également interviewé des membres du personnel et le chef de la direction, ce qui m’a permis de brosser un tableau plus large des capacités, des leçons apprises et de la voie à suivre pour le Programme. Une autre contribution était la traduction des documents stratégiques de l’organisation en portugais, tels que les lignes directrices de demande d’octroi de subventions.

Je viens d’une famille avec beaucoup de femmes et étudiait dans un collège de femmes. Par conséquent, la présence des femmes leaders en suspens dans ce bureau se sentait très bien dès le début. Le personnel est amical et ouvert, ce qui permet à mes questions sur des sujets allant des organismes à but non-lucratif aux organisations internationales en passant par la culture ghanéenne et l’équilibre travail-vie. Je suis heureuse d’avoir de nouveaux collègues et mentors sur qui je peux compter lors des prochaines étapes dans mon développement professionnel. Ce stage a élargi ma compréhension du secteur à but non lucratif et m’a montré que cela est une carrière que je voudrais poursuivre. Je vais laisser de nouvelles idées et de nouvelles possibilités me venir à l’esprit. Je recommande vraiment un stage avec le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines. Cela a été une expérience enrichissante, aux niveaux personnels, professionnels et universitaires. Je suis très reconnaissante pour cette opportunité et mes chères sœurs d’AWDF vont me manquer!

-Raquel Helen Silva

’14 Relations Internationales

Mount Holyoke College[/tp]

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is putting out a call to consultants with expertise in building databases and grant information management systems.

AWDF is a grant making Foundation that awards grants to women’s rights organisation across the African continent. AWDF seeks to make information management a tool for organisational development and is seeking to develop an advanced grants management system that meets its specific grant making, data management and analysis needs. The Terms of Reference for GIMS.

All technical and financial proposals should be sent to

The Officer in Charge

African Women’s Development Fund

P. O. Box PMB CT 89 Cantonments, Accra-Ghana

Tel: + 233 302 521 257

Email: awdf@africlub.net/awdf; beatrice@africlub.net/awdf; Zeytuna@africlub.net/awdf

All Proposals should be sent in by August 23^rd 2013

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (AWDF) lance un appel à des consultants ayant une expertise dans la construction de bases de données et les systèmes de gestion de l’information accorde.

AWDF est une Fondation qui accorde des subventions aux organisations de droits des femmes à travers le continent africain. AWDF cherche à faire de la gestion de l’information un outil de développement organisationnel et cherche à développer un système de gestion des subventions de pointe qui répond à ses besoins de prise de subvention, de gestion et d’analyse de données spécifiques. Les termes de référence pour GIMS.

Toutes les propositions techniques et financières doivent être envoyés à

The Officer in Charge

African Women’s Development Fund

P. O. Box PMB CT 89 Cantonments, Accra-Ghana

Tel: + 233 302 521 257

Email: awdf@africlub.net/awdf; beatrice@africlub.net/awdf; Zeytuna@africlub.net/awdf

Toutes les propositions doivent-être envoyées avant le 23 août 2013.[/tp]

Congratulations to Mphatheleni Makaulule, Founder of the Mupo Foundation who was recently awarded a Global Leadership Award by the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI). The Mupo Foundation works to preserve and revive cultural and biological diversity in South Africa and in 2011, AWDF provided a grant of US$25,000 to the organisation in support of training of women’s groups in land rights and environmental protection issues, as well as undertake advocacy activities on the protection of sacred sites, watersheds and forests.

Mphatheleni has been working closely with women of the VhaVenda nation in northern South Africa, to preserve local seed varieties (especially the sacred finger millet known locally as Mufhoho) in order to secure food sovereignty. The foundation has also opposed mining in their community which constitutes a threat to land, and a traditional way of life.

Accepting the award, Mpatheleni stated:

“I say ‘Aa, Ro livhuwa’ (Thank you) to FIMI. Even though I went to school and university, I can never be disconnected from indigenous ways. I have a bond with my culture, and my ancestors. We the descendents of the vhavenda traditional healers, children of indigenous clans, recognize that as humans we depend all the other creatures of the Earth for our wellbeing. Our lives are intimately connected to the wellbeing of our indigenous forests, rivers, springs and our indigenous seed and food as evolved with us over time.

We, as women, hold the responsibility for the custodianship of life, because the ancestors chose us to be Makhadzi. Makahdzi is not just a name or title; it is a role – a spiritual role. We are the custodians of water, soil, seed and forests, and traditional medicine that come from indigenous trees. Rituals and food are our responsibility. At this time of such destruction of our Mother Earth, Mupo, we cannot stand back and watch life being destroyed. As mothers we recognize the pain of life being destroyed so recklessly when it takes so much to create life.

I believe that women need to stand up now as never before, against mining and all that is destroying life. We must do this for the sake of future generations of all of life. Human children will have no future without the children of the fish and the birds, the animals and the frogs, the bees and the plants, the waters, the rocks and the soils. We are born at this time to take a stand, to call people to wake up before we loose it all.

This award is a huge recognition of the task which I feel that I have in this life. The meaning of my name is “build for me”, and so I see that my ancestors want me to work with them to rebuild what has been undermined – our indigenous ways of living which protect and respect Mupo, all of creation. We are part of creation and we have a responsibility to take care of it. I never thought that my vision and being a Phangami (a leader from behind) would be recognized in this way and I would like to also acknowledge the Makhadzi and communities of Venda, and all those who are committed to reviving their ancestral path. This award from FIMI is a great motivation to continue to stand for the real role of indigenous women in protecting life.

Our role as spiritual leaders is to bring harmony (shothodzo) and wellbeing to all of Mother Earth’s communities. To all women around the world, we must remember our role as mothers and healers. Today we need to heal our Earth from all challenges we are facing through climate change, biodiversity extinctions, water shortages, We need to learn from our knowledgeable elder women before they pass away. They are our living library, but not forever.

I am a defender of sacred sites and indigenous spirituality, which is why I defended the destruction of Phiphidi sacred waterfall and also the role of makahdzi. Venda people know that they cannot be chiefs or leaders without the leadership of the makhadzi, the women. We women are natural leaders; our leadership is a scared leadership role.

I call on the South African government and those who appreciate the vital role of indigenous knowledge in dealing with the many crises of ecosystem collapse and climate change, to recognize indigenous peoples and their way of life. This means, as the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights calls for, recognizing our sacred natural sites and territories and custodial governance systems so that we can continue to live according to our indigenous knowledge systems. Indigenous knowledge is rooted in practice, not in libraries. It is about protecting the sanctity of life, as a way of life, as we have done for millennia. Now, more than ever, the industrial world needs to wake up to the fact that our planet is in crisis and everyone needs to learn once again that we are inextricably part of the web of life, and need to abide by her ecological laws – for the sake of all the children of all species.”

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”](29th July 2013, African Women’s Development Fund, Accra):

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is pleased to announce that the institution has recently benefited from an in kind contribution of Microsoft software valued at US$32,970.00.

This donation was provided through the Microsoft Citizenship program, and with the support of our sister organisation, the African Women’s Development Fund USA (AWDF-USA) as part of its African Social Impact Multi-Media Initiative (ASIMI) to promote the technology capacity of the African Women’s Movement

Theo Sowa, Chief Executive Officer of AWDF states, “AWDF appreciates this generous gift from Microsoft which will go a long way towards strengthening AWDF’s technological systems. We consider this to be the start of a longer term partnership with AWDF which we know will have additional benefits for our network of over 1000 grantee partners across the continent”.

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About the African Women’s Development Fund

Over the past ten years, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has blazed a trail for women’s rights and philanthropy across the African continent. AWDF is an African, not for profit, grantmaking organisation. Since the start of operations in 2001, AWDF has provided over US$19 million in grants to more than 1000 women’s organisations in 42 African countries. AWDF’s grant making processes are uniquely designed to meet the needs of African women and activities include the provision of small and larger grants to African women’s organisations, capacity building support and a strong focus on advocacy and movement building.

AWDF contact:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf[/tp]

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[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”](29 Juillet 2013, le Fonds Africain de développement de la femme, Accra):

Le Fonds Africain de développement de la femme (AWDF) est heureux d’annoncer que l’institution a récemment bénéficié d’une contribution en nature de logiciels Microsoft d’une valeur de US $ 32,970.00.

Ce don a été offert par le programme Microsoft Citoyenneté, et avec le soutien de notre organisation soeur, leFonds Africain de développement de la femme Etats-Unis (AWDF-Etats-Unis) dans le cadre de l’African Social Impact Multi-Media Initiative (Asimi) afin de promouvoir les capacités de la technologique du Mouvement des femmes africaines

Theo Sowa, Directrice Générale d’AWDF déclare, “AWDF apprécie ce don généreux de Microsoft qui ira un long chemin vers le renforcement des systèmes technologiques d’AWDF. Nous considérons cela comme le début d’un partenariat à long terme avec AWDF dont on sait aura des avantages supplémentaires pour notre réseau de plus de 1000 partenaires bénéficiaires de subventions à travers le continent “.

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A propos du Fonds de développement des femmes africaines

Au cours des dix dernières années, le Fonds africain de développement de la femme (AWDF) a ouvert la voie pour les droits des femmes et de la philanthropie à travers le continent africain. AWDF est un organisme de subvention Africain à but non lucratif. Depuis le début des opérations en 2001, AWDF a fourni plus de 19 millions $ en subventions à plus de 1000 organisations de femmes dans 42 pays africains. Les processus d’octroi de subventions de AWDF sont spécialement conçues pour répondre aux besoins des femmes africaines et les activités comprennent la mise à disposition des petites et grandes subventions aux organisations de femmes africaines, le soutien au renforcement des capacités et un fort accent sur la sensibilisation et le renforcement des mouvements.

AWDF contact:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf[/tp]

Please see flyer below for more details of the 11th Gender Festival organised by the Tanzania Gender Networking Platform (TGNP)

TGNP Gender Festival 2013[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]TGNP Mtandao est heureux d’annoncer le 11ème Festival du Genre qui portera sur «Vingt années de lutte féministe de transformation pour Droits des femmes, l’égalité des sexes et la justice sociale – Où sommes-nous? Et après? “dans le vaste thème de l’égalité, la démocratie et le développement. Le Festival aura lieu du 3 au 6 Septembre.

S’il vous plaît voir ci-dessous le dépliant pour plus de détails sur le 11ème Festival du Genre organisée par la Plateforme Tanzania Gender Networking (TGNP)

TGNP Gender Festival 2013[/tp]

Negemelelakennew HIV Positive Women Support Organization (NLK) is a much needed space for women living positively in Ethiopia. The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has provided NLK with US$80,000 in grants since 2007. AWDF’s grant making and capacity building support to NLK has included supporting the leadership of the organisation to strengthen their resource mobilisation skills by participating in the International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation, and supporting NLK’s economic empowerment activities which has included supporting the purchase of sewing machines, and training women living positively in sewing and knitting skills.

Recently NLK went through a leadership transition and Ms Beteleheam Ashebir, former General Manager, in an email to AWDF stated:

“At the time of NLK’s conception as village level consultation and experience sharing meeting group of 5 HIV positive women, we did not realize that one day NLK would become a large organization reaching thousands of women and children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS; today but, NLK has grown-up to be one of successful front liner reputable charity organization in changing the tide of HIV/AIDS in the countrywide grass root communities of Ethiopia. Beloved sisters, all these development and achievements would have been never possible without generosity support of several international and national compassionate donors such as African Women Development Fund (AWDF), Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF), World Learning- USAID, Global Fund for Women, Global Fund, Volunteer Services Over Seas (VSO), Federal HIV/AIDS Control Office (FHAPCO); and People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Networks. On behalf of our HIV/AIDS infected and affected target groups we are dedicated to work for life time; we value, appreciate and heartily thank forever these partners. Indeed, I cannot have enough words ever to thank our most respected donors- African Women Development Fund (AWDF),World Learning- USAID and Stephen Lewis Foundation(SLF) for their long term incredible dedication and devotion to the cause of NLK women from the past to present and future as well I believe. Indeed, the lion’s share of NLK’s achievements belongs to them.”

AWDF is honoured to have had the opportunity to work with NLK. We especially thank Ms Beteleheam Ashebir for her hard work, sacrifice and dedication to improving the quality of life for thousands of Ethiopian women living positively. AWDF is especially impressed with the rigourous steps the NLK has taken to ensure a smooth leadership transition. A testimony of the impact of Beteleheam Ashebir’s work is evident in the letter sent to AWDF by Ms Rahel Gizachew Demussie, NLK’s new General Manager.

The letter is shared in full below with the permisson of Rahel.

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Dear Beatrice and all colleagues at AWDF;

Kindly allow me to introduce myself. My Name is Rahel Gizachew Demessie the new General Manager of NLK since June 22, 2013 succeeding Mrs. Betheleheam Ashabir. Dear Colleagues, firstly, I would love to share on my association to NLK and Mrs. Betheleheam Ashabir long before the current transition.

I knew Mrs. Betheleheam Ashabir before we co-founded NLK with other three sisters in 2005. I met Betheleheam for first time late 2003, when she was teaching positive living for People living with HIV/AIDS to general patients at waiting room of a hospital in Addis Ababa. That day was not the first day I went to Hospital to consult my physician about my Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART), but it was the first day; I saw a confident HIV Positive women speaking out openly about HIV/AIDS from her own experiences.

Influenced by her speech, I approached and told her after teaching session, about my distressful life due my HIV status. That time I was 20 and dropped out of school upon learning my status six months before. My status was confidential, nobody even my parents, but only the physician I was being supported at the Hospital. That day, I confidentially requested Bethlehem, if she could be help and advise me on perspective of future life and hopes as I was young and HIV positive. Bety replied, “Rahel, you know I am also HIV positive women, does not matter, we can still live positively and help ourselves and even others, we can still make difference, we can still live for purpose, strictly follow the advice of your therapists and Adhere to your ART, be strong, Tomorrow is Another Day”.

Then, I left to my home. That night though I went to my bed I could not sleep as my mind repeating her words as “tomorrow is another day, I can live and help myself and even others. Dear Colleagues, I cannot tell enough how much I was inspired by her responses. Her inspiring respond to my questions did pour power into my soul; changed my long perspective of self-worthless for optimism of bright future and purposeful life

A few weeks later, I went back to Betheleheam to thank her for her inspiring responses to my questions on the earlier week. I told her since that day, my soul filled with power and hope; my worthless self-perspective had been changed. In response to my feedback, Bety jumped up with joy, “Yes, Yes” she said. She was extremely happy about the new experience and change in my life shortly. She happily said to me, “thank you Rahel! Now I advise you to restore to your education and I need you to work together in future on purpose as well” Six months later, she organized us with 4 HIV positive women in the community whom she knew taught at the hospital to work together in future to support other women living with HIV/AIDS in our communities. Then, with no delay, we got to discussion on how we would go ahead to realize our dream. Shortly; we formed ourselves as village level consultation and experience sharing meeting volunteer group and started with confidence speaking out to families, neighbors, friends, relatives and the community members that we were all HIV positive, but we wanted to provide consultation and share our experiences to save the new generation from HIV/AIDS.

At that onset, I cannot tell enough the extent of hardship we faced from our own families and community members for doing that. We were blamed, Judged, and labeled. Besides, there were many who abusively ridiculed us. Nevertheless, under the dedicated leadership of Betheleheam, all the challenges could not stop as from moving forward; selflessly, we continued be involved in a wide variety of activities at all levels of the fight against AIDS; from appearing on posters, bearing personal testimony, and supporting and counseling others.

That selfless commitment gradually resulted into remarkable changes. We could be able drew attention of most community members and local support providers after one year of such tough work. Subsequently, we could be able to upgrade our village confined experience sharing and consultation group to “HIV positive women support association” which we called NLK is Acronyms which stands for “NEGEM LELA KEN NEW” in Amharic which means “Tomorrow is another day” in English.

In 2006, the meeting group (now NLK) with a membership of 70 infected women gained NGO status with legal registration by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia charities and Societies Agency. It further entered into Project Agreements with the respective bureaus of Addis Ababa City Administration, Amhara and Oromiya Regional National States of Ethiopia in 2006 which has been renewed every three years and renewed this year up to 2015 as well. As April of 2013, the organization’s membership is in excess of 1200 members, associate members and 2200 volunteers of which women account for 90%. NLK has a General Assembly which has supreme power over all corporate matters and has 19 members with wide ranging experiences; and has a clearly articulated constitution which governs all of its’ activities.

Today, NLK operates through a National Secretariat in Addis Ababa and has three regional offices located in Ambo Town of Oromiya Regional National State, Shewa Robit and Ataye towns in Amhara Regional National State. NLK’s activities in Addis Ababa are focused in Gulele and Addis Ketema Sub Cities. In addition, NLK has three IGA training centers for training all beneficiaries.

Currently, NLK has equipped with qualified and well experienced 19 employees. Luckily, the NLK staffs are reliable and most dedicated to the shared vision of NLK. I cannot tell enough their earnest feeling of organizational ownership, devotion, belongingness, flexibility and ability. They are outstanding performers independently and as Team. That is why we call them always “The NLK Team!”

Today NLK become a meaningful organization reaching thousands of women, grandmothers and children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia. Indeed, many thanks to our national and international compassionate partners, including our respected donor African Women Development Fund (AWDF) without their generosity and dedication to our effort all would have been impossible.

Dear Colleagues, on this historical transition I am really proud of Betheleheam as she is leaving us on good foundation. Going forward, however, we still aware of waiting tough work and commitment as NLK continues to respond to truly curb the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in our communities. On this regard, during working with Betheleheam on the transition process, I was informed many programmatic and institutional issues seek attention prospectively. Among others, diversifying the resource base of NLK and enhance its ability to garner adequate resources required for executing projects that is going to be undertaken in order to meet the need of our target affected and infected women, grandmothers and OVCs as in our strategic objectives, establishing NLK’s own building which will serve for offices and all IGA centers at one center… and ensuring NLK’s long term sustainability are most attention seeking priorities.

Going forward, therefore, primarily, we continue engage in aggressive executive board, management and staff, involvement in effort of local resource mobilization; on this regard, the current resource mobilization strategy developed plan through the compassionate assistance of AWDF will be our guiding tool. Moreover, we continue work hard to strengthen ties with our existing financiers of NLK’s national and International Organizations whilst continue more assessing the interest of national and international donors financing in the area of HIV/AIDS and proactively designing and proposing projects that are acceptable to them.

Dear colleagues, I regret to take much of your time on this, but I feel to ensure our partners keep well informed on this transition process and our way going forward. Thank you so much indeed for your understanding, cooperation and continued dedication to NLK and our target needy HIV/AIDS infected and affected poor women and children we continue work for with full commitment and dedication.

Warmly Regards

Rahel Gizachew Demessie
General Manager
Negemelelakennew HIV Positive Women Support Organization,(NLK)