A village waiting for water In the rural commune of Kingwangala, deep in the Kwango Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, families have lived for generations without access to clean water. Every day, women and children walked long distances — often climbing and descending steep paths — to
Set up a production of affordable, organic and compostable Sanitary Pads to meet women needs primarily in Mahama Refugee Camp, Rwanda. In a nutshell This project intends to bring affordable sanitary pads for around 19’000 women living in the Mahama refugee camp, by setting up a production line operated by
Having a rich cultural heritage, beautiful nature andmagnificent Mount Everest, Nepal remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.Children of Nepal face a number of challenges on the way to getting educated because of different socio-economic reasons. In the remote regions of Ranechhap, Nepal people
Sanothimi, Suryabinayek, Kirtipur and Nalinchowok Bhaktapur, Nepal The situation in Nepal is really critical at this moment, the people don’t have work, everything is closed (stores, restaurants, schools, … as everywhere) being unable to go out and getting hard time to feed their family. Besides thousands of Nepali migrant
Offering opportunities to Burundian refugees in Rwanda On June 22nd 2018, Graziella Zanoletti and Brigitte Burgisser inaugurated the « Mahama Elite Center ». The Center and its activities will be supervised by our partner « Maison Shalom » and its charismatic founder and president Marguerite Barankitse, known internationally as the mother of 10,000
Project purpose This project consists in an effort to help educate girls by building for them a safe place to stay as they pursue better education. The Jipe Moyo Secondary School is located in remote places in rural Tanzania, where the majority of people are very poor. The school
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Go to The Jipe Moyo Project consists in an effort ideally and literally to go to the marginalized, the forgotten, the voiceless, the poor people with special reference to Kishuro, which is found in Ngenge ward, Muleba District, Kagera Region in Tanzania. The journey consists in fostering
The Facts: People with disabilities have for long been under looked due to various aspects, some think disabled people are not supposed to get help because of the tendency of associating disabilities with superstition. The Action: Uganda Disabled Women’s Association’s goal is contributing to the process of restoring hope
Education in Burundi and the Maison Shalom Burundi, like neighboring Rwanda, was ravaged by civil war and ethnic violence in the 1990s, which killed around 300.000 people. Although the situation seems slightly improved, the country is still in a very bad shape: the per capita GDP is one of the
Being a woman in Nigeria Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with a population of 158 million people. 60% of the population live under the poverty line. Petrol and agriculture contribute to 80% of the GDP. Women constitute a large part of the working force in the
