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Project Sierra: A Family and A Future partners with Hope
and Homes for Children which aims to raise over $2 million to transform the
lives of some of the most deprived women and children in the world.
The project will concentrate on the most alienated and marginalized children
and families within Sierra Leonean society. The project has three
components: Young mother support - to reintegrate these girls with their
families or empower them to be independent members of their communities
through providing training and childcare; Children living alone - providing
children under 12 living on the streets with counseling, access to health
care and nutritious meals; and Integrated child and family support - helps
families to become self-sufficient and care for their children and enable
them to face their futures with confidence.
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2003-2007 Project Independence: Women Survivors of War
Project Independence: Women Survivors of War partners Soroptimist
International with Women for Women International to help women in Rwanda,
Afghanistan and Bosnia rebuild their lives following war and civil conflict.
The project had a three-part approach to ensure lasting change in women's
lives. Sponsorship provides women with direct aid to enable them to
participate in the Skills Training and Leadership Development program. The
program-the second aspect of the project-teaches job and leadership skills to
all sponsored women, which included education about their legal, political and
social rights. Finally once women had completed skills training they were
eligible for micro credit loans. The project raised more than US$1
million and assisted 1,200 women, their families and their communities.
1999-2003 Soroptimist International Quadrennial Project:
Assisting Victims of Landmines
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This project partnered
Soroptimist International with the International Committee of the Red
Cross to provide assistance to the victims of anti-personnel landmines,
who are largely women and children. The project supplied
artificial limbs to landmine victims in Georgia, Angola and Afghanistan,
as well as promoted the victims' psychological and physical recovery.
Through this support, Soroptimist sought to help these people regain
dignity and mobility so that they may reintegrate themselves into their
communities.
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1999-1995 S.I.A.M. (Soroptimist International Aids
Mediation)
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1991-1995 Save The Sight Of Under-Fives
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This project targeted pre-school children who went
blind through lack of Vitamin A, malnutrition and preventable diseases
such as measles in Bangladesh. Soroptimist International partnered
with Sightsavers to build seven clinics for staff to work to save
children's sight and educate the mothers in hygiene and nutrition.
The total raised exceeded the goal and money left over was used to
purchase additional equipment.
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1991-1987 An Integrated Development Program for Women
in Peru
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1987-1983 The Senegal Water Project
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This project provided funds for seven wells and
inhabitants were trained to maintain safe water supply for drinking,
washing, cooking, watering animals and irrigating the rural land.
Soroptimist International worked with UNICEF and local Senegalese
Soroptimists on this project.
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1983-1979 The South Pacific Community Education
Training Center
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1979-1983 The Caribbean Day Care Centers
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Soroptimist International in co-operation with
UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Economic Fund) raised
funds for the Caribbean Day Care Centers which established new day care
centers, trained staff in existing centers, and provided educational and
play equipment.
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1975-1979 The Maldives Health Boats
Every year, SI recognizes the United Nation's Human Rights Day (which was first
recognized in 1982), December 10th as a special day of remembrance and giving by
raising funds for a project selected by the International President that will
assist women in extreme poverty.
The 2009 project is
Hopes and Dreams for Everyone. To prevent human trafficking from
Moldova by providing life-skill education and sustainable living conditions for
vulnerable children, Soroptimist International is partnering with the
International Organization for Migration (IOM), the leading inter-governmental
migration organization working in Moldova since 2001 and the Child Rights
Information Center (CRIC) Moldova (an NGO) whose mission is to contribute to the
implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Moldova.
The aim is to approach these vulnerable groups of children by giving them
knowledge about the danger of trafficking, a possibility for education, a place
to live, work possibilities, and an economy that makes them able to maintain a
decent way of living in familiar surroundings. Our wish is to create “role
models”, which will appear as good prototypes to their fellow sisters in their
local environment, and in this way create positive vibrations.
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The
2007 & 2008 projects were Restoring Dignity. Soroptimist
International partnered with the Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund, a
registered charity raises funds for the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital which
is the only facility in the world exclusively dedicated to treating
(obstetric) fistula. The project
raised funds to help those women with fistulas who cannot be completely cured
and need ongoing medical care and to encourage independence and improve the
morale and self-esteem of the permanent residents of the Addis Ababa Fistula
Hospital through the self-help rural village "Desta Mender".
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The
2006 project was Project Punjab: Helping Girls Into Schools. Soroptimist
International is partnering Oxfam GB, a charitable, British development,
relief and campaigning organization that works with others to find lasting
solutions to poverty and suffering around the world. The project will
raise funds to increase girls’ attendance and improve the quality of
education in rural, impoverished areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan. This
will be done by training teachers in women’s issues and child-friendly
teaching techniques, constructing classrooms and raising awareness among
educational organizations and the local community about the importance of
equal access to education for boys and girls.
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The 2005 project was Soroptimists Roll Back Malaria. Soroptimist International
partnered with the Roll Back Malaria Department of the World Health
Organization (WHO) to protect pregnant women and children living in the
community of Zé, in Benin, Africa against the scourge of malaria, a major cause
of illness and death.
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The 2004 project was
Dust of Life? Soroptimist International
partnered with Children of Peace International to restore lives of young
women and children in Ho Chi Minh Youth Shelter. This shelter is home to over
500 young women and children ranging in age from 8 to 18. These are bui doi
(“dust of life”) who became “too old” or “too sick” and survived in the
streets, under bridges, in gutters and in landfills. Donations will
provide for teachers, health care, schooling, and meals and snacks for the
children.
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The 2003 project was The Dignity Program. This project partnered with the Project for the People
of Paraguay to address problems of economic disparity through education,
vocational training and job placement for women and families in Paraguay. A
key component of the program will be Dignity House, which provides meeting
space for educational classes and job training. The facility will be built,
with the assistance of the women it serves, in Limpio, Paraguay. Also, the
Dignity Village will be a community project featuring organic gardens,
beehives, a livestock barn, a chicken and egg production site and small
stores. The village will provide many opportunities for women to develop
micro-businesses to support themselves and their families.
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The 2002 project was
HIV/AIDS Continuum of Care in the
Ukraine. This project partnered with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
to stop the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to their babies. MSF
is a private international organization that offers assistance to populations
in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, and to victims of
armed conflict without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion,
creed or political affiliation. The
number of HIV/AIDS cases in Ukraine, estimated at 300,000 in 2000-2001, is
higher than in any other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) country.
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The 2001 project was Building Peace Among Children
which used
funds raised to fund an initial seminar in Africa where the Peace Ambassadors
(young women who have been affected by war and will have an understanding of
the difficulties and who will work with refugees and internally displaced
children in countries where violence is an increasing issue) will be trained
on issues such as multicultural acceptance, tolerance, human rights and the
role of children in building peace. The goal is the creation of a network of
young peace ambassadors throughout Africa who will return to their own
communities to run seminars of their own that will also be funded by the
donations. The Peace Ambassadors will be expected to share their work
with children to promote peace. Soroptimist International is partnering
with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS) to support
peace in Africa.
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The 2000 project was Legacy of Learning which raised funds to provide
education and vocational training for young girls in inner Mongolia.
Soroptimist International partnered with the All-China Women's Federation and
the Women's Federation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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The 1999 project was Soroptimists Stop Traffic which raised
funds and supported the efforts of the United Nations Development Funds for
Women (UNIFEM) and the MiraMed Institute to halt the international sexual
slave trade of women and children.
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The 1998 project was Working for Women in the Solomon Islands and
raised funds to build a multi-resource women's center and radio station that
will broadcast educational information for women and girls.
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The 1997 project was From Labour to Learning and working with UNICEF
provided funds for Joyful Learning Schools for children in the Andhra Pradesh
and West Bengal district in India.
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The 1996 project was Project Safe Journey Angola was working with The
Mines Advisory Group to clear heavily mined areas and thus support refugees
returning home to Angola from Zambia and Zaire.
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The 1995 project was Community Landmine Education Program and working
with The Mines Advisory Group funded a this program to train selected people
from communities in Laos to survey, mark and clear landmines.
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The 1994 project worked through the network of the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) to use funds raised to assist the ICRC in reuniting
displaced families in the former Yugoslavia.
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The 1993 project made donations to UNHCR's (United Nations High Commission
for Refugees) project to Aid Somali Refugee Women who are
victims of violence.
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The 1992 project worked through UNIFEM's (United Nations Development Fund for
Women) project in Orissa, India, to Train Women in Aquaculture (fish
farming) to enable them to be economically self-sufficient.
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The 1991 project donated to TASO - AIDS Support Organisation in Uguanda
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The 1990 project worked with UNIFEM's project in Lesotho to
Assist Rural
Women by giving training in appropriate technology to enable them to have
a better family life.
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The 1989 project donated through Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) to
Rishilipi Development Project in Bangladesh to assist disadvantaged women
in income generating.
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The 1988 project donated through UNIFEM's constructive project designed to
Help the Women of Tokelau, a non-self governing territory of three small
atolls in Western Samoa in the South Pacific.
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The 1987 project donated to the Inter-African Committee on Traditional
Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Africa.
Funds were channeled through the Nigerian National Committee and Dr. Irene
Thomas, a Soroptimist in Lagos.
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The 1986 project donated through UNESCO's (United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization) Co-Action project in Rio Salado,
Dominican Republic -- a pilot project for shantytowns to tie in with the United Nations Year of Shelter for the Homeless.
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The 1985 project donated to the Swedish Sudanese Women's Association
project in Kordofan, Sudan, to equip maternity units in hospitals.
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The 1984 project donated to two projects: the UNIFEM Women's Apple Market
Project in Ghana and FAO's (World Food Programme) Non-Food
Items Project in Lesotho and Mauritania.
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The 1983 project donated to the Project 5-O projects in: Bacolod City,
Philippines; Zimbabwe; Thailand; Mexico; and donated through UNESCO
Co-Action to aid: Khmer Refugee Women.
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The 1982 project donated to the project on the island of Pulau Bidong,
Malaysia, to help refugee women and children. Pulau Bidong is a first
asylum centre run in cooperation with UNHCR and provides for housing, care
and maintenance, including medical and social services for refugees awaiting
resettlement.
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