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New space in Kibera, Kenya!

We are so excited to share that we have a space of our own in Kibera, Kenya! We are home! We have been growing over the last year so much that additional space was needed to host activities. This additional operational space will allow us to expand our weekly girls empowerment workshop to serve even more girls, give us the additional class space for sewing and beading for adult women and give us space to host our adult women's empowerment by Teacher Fay Sejo! When we look back over the last year, we are so thankful for all of the support we received from the Kibera community and the friends of the organization as we grew. We started Girls Empowerment with 15 girls who registered with their p

An update from the women in Mexico!

We are excited to share that our team recently visited one of our service areas in Hidalgo, Mexico from March 6-10, 2019. Our Board Directors (Jennifer, Kylee, Needham, and Juan) along with volunteers Janelle (Canada) and Alfredo (South Carolina) checked in on the Refugio (Refuge) and spent time with the women conducting women's empowerment workshops and painting their space to make it more comfortable for them. Last year, we connected with The Refugio (Refuge) to support services to women who are escaping drug or sex trafficking or healing from substance abuse. Such services for women in the area are rare so The Refuge accepts women coming from all three of those situations. The empowerment

Celebrating International Women's Day

International Women's Day is celebrated each year around the world in many places, while it is ignored in others. We are excited to celebrate this important day alongside of so many other great women's organizations in the world! This year, the United Nations theme for International Women's Day 2019 is 'Think equal, build smart, innovate for change'. The Angaza Project has been working hard to contribute to this theme in various ways in our service areas. Each Saturday, we host a Girls Empowerment in Kenya, weekly income generating skill classes (Maridadi Skills) that will help women to earn an income with dignity, a Shining Scholars Sponsorship program to assist high school girls to complet

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