Your Sponsorship Connection:
What to Expect in the Journey
The Journey Begins Only When We Find a Sponsor.
Your sister is one of the unseen warriors of humanity. Despite what she has suffered, she has the courage and the resolve to face the future - and dare to hope for a better life.
Her journey begins the moment she is matched with a sponsor. Only then can she be enrolled in the Women for Women International program and begin the process of rebuilding her life.
Throughout this journey, you will be her partner and her inspiration.
The Participant Experience
Lea, like all participants, lives in extreme poverty and insecurity.
WfWI enters Lea’s village and conducts a community assessment.
Lea is screened and enrolled to participate in the WfWI program.
Lea is enrolled and waits to be matched with a sponsor.
Lea is matched with a sponsor, and with her support begins attending
skills training with a group of local women.
Lea sets clear goals and chooses a skill to be trained in.
Lea graduates with her group members, and continues her journey toward a better life.
"You have made me see light where there is darkness, you have created hope in me where everything was hopeless."
- A sister in Nigeria to her sponsor
A lifeline to your sister
The women we serve have, quite literally, lost everything. They have been uprooted from their homes, and often, have watched as their husbands and children are killed. They are socially excluded.
They are living in extreme poverty, most of them with little or no access to clean water, food, medicine, or even shelter. Many have several children to support, or other family members who rely on them.
Your contributions provide direct financial assistance
Thanks to Sponsorship contributions, for the first time in their lives, sisters may have the opportunity to feed their families or buy medicine when their children are desperately ill. Your financial assistance is absolutely critical to your sister's ability to rebuild her life. As you can imagine, until her basic human needs are taken care of, it is extremely difficult for your sister to focus on her future, or he future of her family and community.
At the same time as you are providing for her basis needs, you are allowing her to participate in the Women for Women International program, where she can learn skills that help her to earn a living, and actually participate in the rebuilding of her family, her community, and her nation.
We'll keep you informed
As a Sponsor, you will receive monthly email updates on your sister's progress throughout the program. You'll also receive our quarterly newsletter - Outreach that will provide you with a special message from Zainab Salbi, news about our overseas programs, and compelling stories about women survivors from around the world.
For the timeliest information, check out Breaking News or read Notes from the Field, a regularly updated blog from overseas.
Learn more about your sister's culture
To better understand your sister, it will be helpful for you to learn more about her culture and the history of her country. The challenges she faces are very different depending on her culture, the way that women are perceived, and the economic, social and political events of recent decades.
A Day in the Life
You'll find a profile of every nation we serve on this website, including updates on our work in the field.
Your sister graduates from the program
Near the end of your sister's participation in the program, you'll be notified that that she is graduating. Graduation day is one of enormous joy and celebration, not only for your sister, but also for her family and community. It is a milestone in every sister's life - and we hope, in yours as well.
You are matched with another sister
Shortly after your sister graduates, the journey begins a new. You will be automatically matched with another sister who will be given the chance to enter the program and rebuild her life, with your compassionate support.
