Organization: HOPE 4 WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Mission: H4WI WAS FORMED FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN UGANDA AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM POVERTY, DISEASE, AND LOW SELF-WORTH TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT WITH THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
Activities: WOMEN IN BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM 161 WOMEN GRADUATED FROM OUR WOMEN IN BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM EACH GRADUATE RECEIVED AMONG THEIR GIFTS A PAIR OF PINK SANDALS AND A GRADUATION NECKLACE. 103 WOMEN WERE NEWLY SPONSORED IN UGANDA. FIFTEEN OF OUR SPONSORED WOMEN WERE ABLE TO FIX UP THEIR LEAKING HOMES WITH IRON SHEET ROOFING. ELEVEN SPONSORED WOMEN WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE LAND WITH THEIR PROFITS FROM THEIR BUSINESSES. 110 WOMEN WERE PAMPERED THROUGH HOPE 4 WOMENS SPA DAYS. H4WI PURCHASED A NEW MOTORCYCLE TO BE USED BY OUR FIELD OFFICERS IN UGANDA SO THEY CAN CHECK ON THE WOMEN IN OUR PROGRAM. 51 WOMEN WERE VISITED BY THEIR USA SPONSORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
DRESS A GIRL AROUND THE WORLD OUR NUMBERS ARENT ALL IN FROM THOSE WHO DISTRIBUTED DRESSES BUT WE ARE PROJECTING WE WILL BE AROUND 1.8 MILLION DISTRIBUTED SINCE WE BEGAN TEN YEARS AGO WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE ON THE HORRORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING. DRESS A GIRL CHAPTERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HOSTED DRESS A GIRLS TENTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY--CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF DRESSING GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD COLLECTIVELY WE DISTRIBUTED 500,000 DRESSES. WE TRAVELED WITH HOPE 4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL AND DISTRIBUTED DRESSES IN GUATEMALA, UGANDA, AND THE PHILIPPINES WE SUPPLIED OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD WITH THOUSANDS OF DRESSES FOR THEIR SHOEBOXES. IN UGANDA WE HOSTED DRESS A GIRL SEWING CLASSES AND PROVIDED THE SEAMSTRESSES WITH PATTERNS, FABRIC, SCISSORS, AND SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENTS AND ACCESSORIES
LOCALLY RAISED MONEY TO PURCHASE A CAR FOR A FAMILY. DELIVERED AN EIGHTEEN-FOOT ENCLOSED TRAILER PACKED WITH CLOTHING AND SHOES TO NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. STARTED A HOPE 4 HEALING MINISTRY WHERE WOMEN GATHER AT H4WI HEADQUARTERS TO KNIT, CROCHET, AND SEW PRAYER MANTLES, AND PRAY FOR THE SICK. IN OUR FIRST YEAR WE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED 110 PRAYER MANTLES. PRAYER SHAWLS, BLANKETS, HATS, SCARVES AND A PILLOW
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building