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Sancta Maria House provides residential care within the context of family life. Since 1961, it has been providing a loving, caring and secure home for young women between the ages of 15 to 19. The young women may be experiencing family conflict, problems with cultural adjustment, abuse (physical, emotional or sexual) and/or the need to develop life skills.

The Lending Journey primarily supports women in Latin American countries that have found themselves abandoned by their husbands and are left to raise their children without any support. We give small micro loans to these women and provide them with the necessary training to ensure their success. The loan are repaid in 26 weeks at which point we recycle the funds to a new borrower

The mission of Public Organization Sadoqat in Istaravshan Town, Tajikistan is to promote the protection of women and children through implementation of various development projects and activities.

We empower communities to rise out of poverty through education, food security projects and economic opportunities. We start by investing in women.

Sister Effect exists to honor God by empowering women and girls of South Sudan to lift themselves out of poverty and build lasting peace.

To empower women and their children to live free from violence in their personal relationships by providing support, advocacy, emergency shelter, counselling and public education

AGE Africa's mission is to create life-changing opportunities for young women in Malawi through targeted initiatives in education, mentoring, and leadership development.

Justice for Girls works to promote social justice and an end to violence, poverty and racism in the lives of teenage girls who are low income or homeless. We fight for social justice based on the feminist belief that young women in poverty are the experts of their own experience. We stand beside young women and provide support and resources to them so that girls can act on their own behalf to create personal and social change. We recognize that girls' lack of institutional power and credibility (because of discrimination) is a real barrier to young women regardless of their skills, intelligence, or ability to articulate their needs.

Mission: Forging ways for women & girls in extreme poverty to learn, connect and lead. We operate only in places of extreme poverty: villages of South Sudan, Haiti, Malawi, and refugee camps in Kenya and Uganda. Our programs create opportunities for marginalized and displaced women and girls in critical areas: Education: We increase girls' access to education (K-University) through scholarships, extracurricular enhancements, and leadership skills workshops. Advocacy: We train all of our Scholars in leadership and advocacy. As MBB alumnae they use their voices to promote human rights for all, especially marginalized women and girls.

Leeds & Grenville Interval House is a shelter for abused women and their children. Our Mandate is to provide emergency shelter, supportive counseling, advocacy, information, and referrals for physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused women and their children. We provide a safe, secure, and confidential refuge for women and their children who have been physically, sexually, emotionally or psychologically abused, threatened, or assaulted. In addition to the safe emergency shelter, we also offer a variety of other programs: local and toll-free Crisis Lines, an in-house Children's Program, a Children's Witness Program, Community Outreach, Transitional Support & Housing Program. All services are completely confidential and free of charge. We serve women ages 16 years and over with their children. For the community, we offer Public Education presentations, conduct fund raising events and campaigns, and we have a Volunteer Program.

Girl Up Initiative Uganda aims to provide young women and girls with opportunities to succeed and thrive as leaders in their communities through holistic education and economic empowerment. We envision a world where girls get to reach and tap into their full potential through access to an education, and develop into economically independent, empowered young women who can fully contribute to their families and communities as a whole.

Children: Fondation Lazare offers children the opportunity to get an education, adequate healthcare and nutritious food. Women: We work with women in their communities in order to help them meet their own needs and those of their families as it pertains to shelter, clothing, food, etc. Skills development: Fondation Lazare provides training in ereas such as trades and agriculture in order to help the impoverished gain employment.