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We are so excited to announce some of the Sisters Rising Worldwide programs that were fully-funded in 2020 and during Q1 of 2021: Reducing Extreme Poverty and Social Inequalities by Empowering Women, BrazilWomen will become agents of influence in their community through workshops and a work cooperative. Rebuilding School System for Children K-12 in a […]
Thanks to our wonderful donors, we were able to fully-fund the SRW program in Tamil Nadu, India. The program, which will help intensify program offerings promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women in 30 villages, was seeking $7,940 in funding to help offset the costs of initiatives such as human trafficking prevention, violence against […]
Vicki Hale, Virtual English Language Fellow for St. Joseph’s College for Women in Visakhapatnam, India, sent us this wonderful video about her time with the Sisters and students. Thanks to Sisters Rising donors, this school is able to help girls gain the skills necessary to find employment so they, as Ms. Vale states, “can be […]
During this time of COVID, when there is so much death and misery in Tacna, Peru, funding that Sisters Rising Worldwide donors provided, has allowed the school psychologists to double the time they are spending with students and their families. They have been conducting workshops to support parents and teachers in helping their children cope […]
We continue to get wonderful updates from our recent fully-funded program in Visakhapatnam, India. Thanks to our donors, Sister Anitha and her team were able to purchase a van that provides girls at their school with a safe transportation option to get them to higher-level internships, allowing them to avoid human-trafficking as they prepare for careers […]
This is an update from our fully-funded program in Tacna, Peru Arriving just in time to help the students, teachers, and families cope with the COVID crisis, the Sisters Rising Worldwide donation was able to help a part-time psychologist who has been serving the Fei & Allegri School for the last four years to move […]
After recovering from COVID-19, Sister Anitha in Visakhapatnam, India, sent us this “thank you” video for fully-funding her recent program that provides girls at her school with a safe transportation option to get them to higher-level internships, allowing them to avoid human-trafficking as they prepare for careers that will help them escape poverty. Here is another […]
Sisters Rising Worldwide (SRW) has designed and developed a technology platform, The Peace Room, that is now being distributed to Sisters in 187 countries. The platform is a game-changer for it allows Sisters to connect with one another and work closely together to cast a more significant web over social injustices. The Peace Room is […]
Through our strategic partnership with a humanitarian organization and their COVID Emergency Fund, we’ve been able to connect with Sisters and provide much-needed resources during this global pandemic. Here is an update of how the COVID Emergency efforts have been working in El Salvador. San SalvadorSince March, 28 sisters in 6 communities, have participated in virtual emergency […]
Sr. Sherly’s program in Barrack Valley, India, was one of the SRW projects that has been fully funded. Their efforts to eradicate child labor and human trafficking in Barrack Valley Region, Assam, India, have been challenged due to the spread of COVID in the region. In a recent update from Sr. Sherly, we have learned that although […]
