This is the last year for the International Women Leaders for the World fund at KBFUS.
Our purpose is to identify and resource established women leaders working to transform their communities in developing countries. The fund focuses on graduates of the Women Leaders for the World transformational leadership program. We have supported nine grants of $5,000 since our inception. Here are some highlights:
Destiny Reflection , Kolkata India, built a telehealth center and delivered vital mental health as well as microenterprise education to women living in the red-light district. This allowed women whose livelihoods had been destroyed to earn monies from soap-making and other activities.
Hope Foundation for African Women , Kenya, sensitized hundreds of people about safety measures through in-person community meetings as well as reaching thousands through radio broadcasts.
Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone recruited and trained high schools girls to engage their classmates in overcoming mental health challenges More than 100 girls learned to not only deal individually with these issues but to help others in the community to cope with them.
Malkia Foundation, Uganda, distributed relief materials to hundreds and launched training programs to assist teenage mothers in starting their own businesses.
The grantee organizations worked collaboratively through Zoom calls to discuss solutions to overcome numerous obstacles. Each found that engaging their community members in the design and execution of their projects paid huge dividends.
Thank you for donating to support more of these amazing leaders.
Donors
- Linda Alepin1
It is my 78th birthday and this is what I dedicated a good portion of my life to. The grantees are women who similarly have dedicated their lives to those in need.
Carolee and Jerry Kolve What better way to work for world peace and prosperity, to lift people up and out of poverty, than to support the women of the world who are willing to become leaders. Congratulations to Linda for getting this important ball rolling to hel...
Phyllis Brock Linda, your commitment to Women Leaders for the World has been phenomenal. This organization has a created profound transformation for many. It is with great admiration that I donate and honor your birthday. xoxo
Sema Basol Linda has empowered me to do the work I'm doing now--empowering young women in Turkey and through them countless many others.
Kathy Crowley We are all better leaders thanks to the curriculum and the dedicated support of this community.
Camille Smith Women are the fulcrum for change. Women are change. Resourcing women is how i vote to make the world more kind, more equitable, more peaceful.
