My Nonprofit Reviews

Around the time Dana launched WomensTrust with proceeds from the sale of a used car, I grew interested in a program highly focused on improving the lives of women and girls in single African village: Pokuase, Ghana. I’ve stayed in touch as time has passed, with a big leap this year. In contrast with bubbling controversy over misspent aid and the way big banks have horned in on micro financing for the wrong reasons, WomensTrust sets a lofty standard. Micro finance forms just the base of a community-building program that now encompasses scholarships that keep girls in high school, computer training, new room added to a public school and a resource center -– and that’s not the whole list. WomensTrust is helping Pokuase villagers escape poverty and I welcome a chance to assist this outstanding, humble effort. It's not just my opinion that WomensTrust has something special going. Ask economist Bill Easterly, a tough critic of aid programs. He calls WomensTrust a rare blueprint for the right way to fight poverty in Africa.

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