Author: African Women's Development Fund

$6,000 to support awareness creation in communities such as Kapchworwa in the North Eastern Region of Uganda which has a high rate of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practices. Part of the grant will support young girls in school and income generation projects for FGM initiators.

$20,000 to recruit a regional fundraising officer who will ensure that enough funds are mobilized for the organization’s regional activities and also for the training of women living with HIV&AIDS.

$20,000 to provide leadership skills and income earning opportunities for women living in conflict and post conflict areas specifically Uganda, Liberia and Zimbabwe.

$8,000 to provide income generating activities for 450 grandmothers. OGLM’s main target groups are grandmothers living in the rural areas, commercial sex workers, HIV&AIDS orphans and the youth. Grandmothers provide a lot of support for people living with HIV&AIDS or affected by HIV&AIDS.

$3,160 to support the participation of the ED of OGLM in the ICASA 2011.

$1,000 to deepen knowledge on HIV & AIDS issues and keep the HIV agenda high on the agenda of the project community. (more…)

$50,000 for the establishment of a women’s wellness centre that will provide a safe place for the discussions around women’s sexual and reproductive health rights in a holistic way.

$40,000 to enhance the capacity of female district and local councilors for effective participate in governance. The project seeks to strengthen women’s role in decision making.

$30,000 to conduct a tracer study to document the experiences of the African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI) Alumni in a bid to find out where they are and what they are doing. This will serve as a monitoring and evaluation framework for the AWLI. The Tracer study will be in 3 phases over a period of 3 years (2010-2012).

$15,000 to organize peer training of trainers (TOT) workshops; sponsor young feminists to participate in the African Feminist Forum (2012); carry out a follow-up tracer study of all MEMPROW Girls that have been trained since 2008. Part of the grant will be used to organize a MEMPROW girls’ week to highlight the impact of empowered girls in the community.