My Nonprofit Reviews

I have supported WomensTrust since learning about it over 5 years ago. I had met Mohammad Yunus at the Beijing Women's Conference '95 and was impressed that Womenstrust was successfully using the Grameen model for microlending in Ghana. And I was specially struck by the way they were building from that base to integrate education and health care issues into their outreach in the community of Pokuase. As a Rotarian and as a grants writer, I saw ways to help WomensTrust meet its humanitarian mission through grants from Rotary, which has a strong international mission. Our Rotary club has provided grants for a generator to keep their databases accessible during frequest power outages, supplemental vitamins with iron for pregnant women with anemia and high blood pressure, textbooks and computers for a support program for their scholarship students armed at keeping girls in school. I recently spent three weeks in Ghana as a volunteer with WomensTrust working with the founder, Dana Dakin, and others to assess the educational and health needs of the community and develop further strategies with input from local leaders for addressing those needs. I have seen what this organization has done--- and will continue to do---to make a difference in people's lives and I strongly support it with both my time and treasure.

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