Author: African Women's Development Fund

$12,000 to implement a food security porgramme in the Eastern part of Rwanda in the district of Gatsibo.

$25,000 to provide women, girls, adolescents and LGBTI with information on sexual health and reproductive rights as well as leadership skills, counselling on sexuality related issues and safe home services for disadvantaged women in the sharia context where women do not have legal representation.

$20,000 to train selected number of TBAs and local midwives in Ajangbadi and Ijanikin within Ojo Local Government Area in basic professional obstetrics and family planning to reduce the high rate of maternal deaths among women of child bearing age.

$12,000 to undertake series of educational activities to increase knowledge of adolescent girls and community members on issues of health and reproductive rights; to train selected adolescent girls as TOTs who would later impact the knowledge acquired to other youth in the communities.

$15,000 to mobilize and train a core group of women and girls including the wives of traditional leaders, faith based leaders and Traditional Birth Attendants to champion the fight against HIV&AIDS especially in the area of stigma reduction and access to Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV services.

$20,000 to support 50 pregnant women living with HIV to access Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV.

$10,000 to provide skills training and start-up capital to 50 women and girls living with HIV/AIDS for income generation activities.

$ 20,000 to organize series of public awareness, advocacy and media campaigns on the ongoing constitutional review debate in the Nigerian National Assembly.

$15,000 as contribution towards the 12 months mentorship programme which will include communication and general expense.

$5,000 to purchase and install a cassava/corn milling machine in the Eket local government area.