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Continued Outreach for South Sudanese Women

This week, continued violence prevented the world’s youngest country from celebrating its independence day for the third year in a row. Even as leaders attempt to secure peace and stability in South Sudan, its residents and refugees continue to experience the devastating effects of the civil war.

4 Things You Didn’t Know About Refugees

The plight of Syrian refugees has taken center stage in 2017. The horrors of Aleppo continue to shock the world and urges us all to do more to help ease the suffering. We must invest in providing opportunities and services that are urgently needed by Syrian refugees and other refugees around the...

Invest In Women, Inspire Change

In modern wars, it’s dangerous to be a woman. During the Rwandan genocide, up to 500,000 women were raped, sexually mutilated, or murdered. Today, across the Middle East, roughly 7,000 Yezidi women have been kidnapped and subjected to sex slavery at the hands of ISIS. Genocide, conflict, and...

Our Congratulations to The Gates Foundation

Yesterday, The Gates Foundation released their annual letter on their work that saves and improves lives in developing countries. We are as always impressed with the data-driven approach they take, and are this year equally excited to see that they have chosen to highlight issues that are central to...

First-ever Women’s Opportunity Center in Rwanda

“This is an achievement of women and it will last forever,” asserts normally soft spoken Angelique Mukankubana, head of the women’s brick making cooperative in Kayonza, Eastern Province, at the site of the new Women’s Opportunity Center. She has every reason to be proud. A 2009 graduate of our...

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