I just wanted to do a quick PSA for a program I saw on Oprah that is really amazing - Women for Women International. I know you are all strapped while planning a wedding, but it's only $27 a month to sponsor a woman who has survived war and is trying to make a life for herself and her children. I just signed up today and can't wait to get my match in 4 weeks and to learn all about her!!
www.womenforwomen.org/sponsor-a-woman/sponsor-a-woman.phpWomen for Women International - Sponsorship Program
The Sponsorship Program is a direct, personal and hands-on approach to supporting women survivors of war as they move from victims to survivors to active ci
...tizens engaged in rebuilding their lives and communities. Sponsorship offers a constructive, dignified way for a woman to regain control of her life. This program helps bridge isolation and alleviates the suffering often experienced by survivors of war and violence.
As a sponsor, you pledge to contribute $27 per month to support one individual woman in our year long program of vocational and technical skills training, rights awareness and leadership education. Your support will provide the tools and resources your sister needs to rebuild her life after war. Your monthly contributions will also help your sister to obtain basic necessities for her family, like food, clean water, and medicine; to pay school-related expenses for her children; to use the funds as seed capital to start an income-generating project. Perhaps more importantly, your letters will provide an emotional lifeline to a woman who may have otherwise lost everything.
Sponsorship is currently offered in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan.
www.womenforwomen.org/sponsor-a-woman/sponsor-a-woman.php