Internally displaced East Timorese women share
a lighter moment as they discuss what their future holds.
Photo: Djara Mira Kaho/YTLM-GMIT |
What We Do - Women & Children
The world over, women and children are among the most vulnerable population groups. Church World Service gives special priority to the needs of both women and children by supporting initiatives that emphasize gender awareness and improve women's access to resources, education, and decision-making; as well as initiatives that undergird the rights, protection, and future that children deserve.
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gallery: CWS honors mothers everywhere Church World Service salutes mothers around the world, who are at the heart of the human family. |
Examples of current projects:
- Women start revolving fund to promote development and food security in Nicaragua
- Women's Literacy for Solidarity and Social Change, Angola
- Intervention on Harmful Traditional Practices and Gender-Based Violence, Ethiopia
- Prevention & Protection to Children Victims of Sexual Abuse, Nicaragua
- Prevention & Protection to Children Victims of Sexual Abuse, Brazil
- Women's Literacy and Livelihood Program, Senegal
- Giving Hope: Empowerment pilot project for orphans and vulnerable children in Siaya District, Kenya
- Blankets and mosquito nets for ethnic minority boarding schools in Laos
- Urban Social Issues, Laos
- Assisting youngsters at the Donkoi Children Development Center, Laos
- "Giving Hope" in Tanzania: The Story of Godben Godwin
- Indigenous Women in Guatemala Work to Improve Their Communities
- Preparatory Education Program for Roma School Children, Serbia
- Tools for Women's Empowerment, Mozambique
- Food Production and Income Generation for Rural Families in Southwest Colombia
- Supporting the Luang Prabang Orphanage, Laos
- Empowering Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda
- Agricultural Support Program in Sierra Leone
- Self-Empowerment Brings Success in Indonesia
- Helping Street Children in Tanzania
- "Giving Hope" in Tanzania: The story of Meshack Lameck
- Empowering Rural Women in Pakistan through Literacy and Micro-Credit
- Reuniting Families in Argentina: Abuelas (Grandmothers) de Plaza de Mayo
- CWS Regional Program on Children and Youth – Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Uruguay
- Giving Hope OVC Success Story -- Bosco Nsabimana
- Giving Hope OVC Success Story -- Ntawirinda Emmanuel
- Giving Hope OVC Success Story -- Kakuze Mediatrice
- Self-Sufficiency for Young Women, Sierra Leone
- Rebuilding Basic Infrastructure in the Casamance: Income Generating Activities, Senegal
- Services for Children Working as Domestic Workers, Haiti
- Advocacy and Services to Children Working as Garbage Collectors and their Families, Uruguay
- Land & Livelihood for Indigenous Peoples of the Chaco Region, Argentina
- Tribal Women's Blanket Project, Bangladesh
- Giving Hope: Orphan & Vulnerable Children's Empowerment, Rwanda
- Girls' Education and HIV/AIDS Awareness, Mozambique
- Young Womens' Empowerment, Uganda
- Campesino to Campesino Self-Managed Development Project, Guatemala
- CASA Core Program, India
- Orphan & Vulnerable Children Micro-Enterprise/Scholarship Fund, Rwanda