featured projects




Connecther General Fund

Connecther General Fund

Connecther is a global communication and fund raising platform, focused on advancing women and children in poverty in their quest for self reliance. Thank you for your support! C
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MRC Refugee Artisan Program

MRC Refugee Artisan Program

The Multicultural Refugee Coalition Sewing Lab teaches adult refugees settled to the Austin area technical skills in sewing to create clothes, bags, quilts and other products for t
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Vocational Training for Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Vocational Training for Syrian Refugees in Jordan

As the civil war in Syria intensifies, the refugees living in the Za'atari Camp in Jordan have little hope of returning to their homes soon. There are an estimated 19,000-30,000 re
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Microcredit PLUS education for women in poverty

Microcredit PLUS education for women in poverty

To complement the microcredit component that DiscoverHope funds, we seek to offer approximately 300 educational trainings each year to maximize women's entrepreneurial, financial,
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Centering Palestinian Women in Aid Work

Centering Palestinian Women in Aid Work

With your help, MECA is excited to start putting women at the heart of aid programs in Gaza! This innovative new project will be piloted in Beit Hanoun, one of the most marginalize
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Rainwater Collection, Purification and Storage at Rural Kenyan Primary School, Mutaki

Rainwater Collection, Purification and Storage at Rural Kenyan Primary School, Mutaki

Well Aware, in partnership with the Nobelity Project, supported the building of multiple rain water collection and storage tanks with solar-powered UV purification systems. These e
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Teacher Training for Unemployed Women in Hyderabad

Teacher Training for Unemployed Women in Hyderabad

There is big shortage of trained teachers in India. There are very few trained teachers available in schools that are operating in low income localities of Hyderabad city in India.
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Embroidery Project

Embroidery Project

Creating jobs and supporting the independence of Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon and Palestine through the Women Empowerment Project Target Population: Palestinian Women
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Train 1000 Midwives

Train 1000 Midwives

Following a bitter civil war with Somalia, the newly-independent Republic of Somaliland was left with, basically, no health care professionals. One goal of the Edna Hospital is to
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Computer Education for Afghan Girls

Computer Education for Afghan Girls

Although more Afghan girls are attending school than ever before, many girls graduate or leave school without any marketable skills. Because many Afghan families are poor, those d
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Youth-led Bee-keeping Social Enterprise

Youth-led Bee-keeping Social Enterprise

Our vision is to evolve into a youth-led social enterprise that combines income-generating projects with skills training and workforce development for youth aged 14-22 who are head
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Expansion of surgical services in rural Nepal

Expansion of surgical services in rural Nepal

Achham lacks adequate surgical services. Currently, the nearest Cesarean section capacity is over 5 hours away from Bayalpata Hospital. However, for most other surgical services, p
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Project Artemis

Project Artemis

Project Artemis is a 2-week business education program that aims to build the entrepreneurial skills of promising Afghan businesswomen. Mentors assigned to each participant provide
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Orphan Sponsorship

Orphan Sponsorship

Our first project started in 2005 with 50 orphans who are survivors of the deadliest Tsunami in recorded history. We are currently sponsoring 150 orphans and our goal is to get to
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The Maia Project: Bringing Clean Water to the Children of Palestine

The Maia Project: Bringing Clean Water to the Children of Palestine


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Providing Solar Power for Lighting and Refrigeration in Southern Chad

Providing Solar Power for Lighting and Refrigeration in Southern Chad

CRF in conjunction with CSSI, a Chadian NGO, has initiated a program to provide solar power for lighting and refrigeration at rural and UNHCR refugee health centers in southern Cha
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Lycee Malick Sy High School

Lycee Malick Sy High School

Lycee Malick Sy is among the largest high schools in Senegal. It serves over 4,000 urban and rural students. With a 39.3% national literacy rate (29.2% for girls), this project i
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Kibera School for Girls

Kibera School for Girls

The Kibera School for Girls, a tuition-free school currently serving 64 students grades pre-K through 2nd grade, plans to follow students through 8th grade. By providing a superior
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Skillz Street

Skillz Street

Skillz Street is an unprecedented program that gives girls in South Africa the chance to play in girls-only soccer leagues while giving valuable life skills and life-saving HIV pre
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Credit Plus Program

Credit Plus Program

The Credit Plus program combines economic and educational opportunities for women in Gulu, northern Uganda, to create sustainable development and self-determination. Women in the C
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Agricultural Union Project

Agricultural Union Project

Gulu Women's Agricultural Union is working towards creating a self-sustaining Women's agricultural union among women farmers and farm workers in the WGEF program and the northern r
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Empowering girls in Mali through education

Empowering girls in Mali through education

In early 2011, Caravan to Class built a school in Tedeini, Mali to give children in the village the opportunity to receive an education. In the first year, school enrollment in Ted
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Microcredit PLUS Training

Microcredit PLUS Training

Since 2008, DiscoverHope has provided 717 loans. We have funded over 1,800 development trainings related to business assistance, literacy, computer, and artisan skills. Through ou
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Fund a classroom in Uganda

Fund a classroom in Uganda

More than 38 million children in sub-Saharan Africa are without a school to attend. Many countries have initiated programs guaranteeing a free education to every child, yet are pla
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Maternal Mortality Reduction Project

Maternal Mortality Reduction Project

In the small southern African country of Lesotho, high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity threaten the country's young mothers. Lesotho is one of the few countries in the wo
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dreamfly Rwanda

dreamfly Rwanda

In 1994, Rwanda suffered through a horrific genocide, costing close to 1m Rwandans their lives. The small village of Cyingwa lost 132 members, tearing families, neighbors and the e
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HOPE for Senegal LMS Projects

HOPE for Senegal LMS Projects

Read about us here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-pauline-lowry/small-donations-big-changes_b_1881184.html www.teranga.org
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Education for Nicaraguan Girls

Education for Nicaraguan Girls

The public secondary schools in El Sauce, Nicaragua, often don't provide a good education due to lack of resources, closures and overcrowding. Instituto El Catolico Nuestro Senor d
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Educate-a-child for a year

Educate-a-child for a year

TCF is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. TCF schools are open to all children regardless of ethnicity or the family's ability to pay. Students are of all faiths and encour
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Girls Impact the World Film Festival

Girls Impact the World Film Festival

Because WOMEN and GIRLS SUFFER DISPROPORTIONATELY FROM POVERTY, the social impact derived from helping women and girls in their quest for self-reliance is greater. This fund is ded
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Women Leaders for the World

Women Leaders for the World

Women Leaders for the World (WLW) is Global Women's Leadership Network flagship women's leadership development program that prepares and supports women to be exceptional leaders. T
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Thank you for your support! Donate now and your gift will be matched!

Your donation to Partners In Health's Maternal Mortality Reduction Project will be doubled! Thanks to a very generous donor, when our project funding reaches $3,175, a $1,500 match will kick in!

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2012 objectives include increasing the number of village banks by 25% (from 21 to 26 village banks) and increasing educational training opportunities by 30% (a total 425 classroom educational opportunities, including business classes in Ho

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An Update from the Field - Patient Story

Nohana health center, Lesotho, March 21, 2012

 

Malebohang Setona is 21 years old, nine months pregnant, from the village of Ha-Kori, which is about 3 hours walk from the Nohana health center. She is pregnant with her second

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donor spotlight




JESSICA CHRISTIAN

JESSICA CHRISTIAN

The Lucky Penny Fund is a giving circle in Austin, TX, meant to bring the community together to make a better world for women and girls around the globe.

Connecther General Fund

Connecther General Fund

We do fund raisers for the Connecther General Fund AND to give matching funds to Connecther projects!

Meg  Erskine

Meg Erskine

I am the co-founder and Executive Director of Multicultural Refugee Coalition- empowering refugees settled to Austin from around the world towards self-sufficiency through education, community and reconciliation. I am also passionate about local farming

Cheri Chase

Cheri Chase

Free agent looking for opportunities that make a difference within the nonprofit sector.

Laura Montez

Laura Montez

Established Montez PR to work with athletes to develop their brand, publicize their foundations, and deliver their message to the community. Passionate about giving back to those that need a helping hand.

Tarik Aossey

Tarik Aossey

Social Entrepreneur in residence!

Lila Igram

Lila Igram

I'm passionate about family and helping people! I founded Connecther with the vision of helping women and children in their quest for becoming self-reliant. Thanks for joining in this quest!


featured groups




Crimson for Connecther

Crimson for Connecther

We are a group of Harvard University students, parents, professors and Alumni looking to help support Connecther projects. We are looking for students studying at Harvard, Alumni w
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LiveMom Giving Group

LiveMom Giving Group

A giving group for LiveMom.com contributors and readers.
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The Lucky Penny Fund

The Lucky Penny Fund

The Lucky Penny Fund is a monthly giving circle in Austin, TX.
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featured films




A Little Longer... Stand by HER

Most of the Women experience different forms of sexual harassment, from the time they step outside their home. No matter where they are, or whatever age-group they belong to, wome
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The Basic Need

This film shows the vital need of clean drinking water for women and children in developing countries such as Ethiopia. Without clean drinking water, these women face the undesirab
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This Is A Girl

This curated film gives an overview of several problems women all over the world face today, and presents a solution to these problems that must be pursued. The painting of the fac
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latest news




Action! Girls Take Charge

Huge thanks to the Harvard Independent for such a great article about the Girls Impact the World Film Festival! Action! Girls Take Charge

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Students, share your stories about advancing women

Students, share your stories about advancing women and girls globally and win over $20K in prizes!!!  www.connecther.org/gitw

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Introducing Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, GITW Official

We love to meet men who are passionate about issues related to advancing women and girls globally.  We caught up with  Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki from the UAE, who was kind enough to chat with us and shar

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Connecther / Harvard (SIC) Film Fest for Students!

STORIES ABOUT GIRLS WORTH TELLING Show in Film what YOU can do to Change the Story! High school and undergraduate students submit your 3-5 minute short films that address global women’s issues s

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Connecther Launches Novel Match Payments --------

For Immediate Release Connecther Launches Novel Match Payments for Nonprofits Partners Austin,

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An Intelligent Approach to Changing the Minds of M

It was a thrill to hear Molly Melching of Tostan at the Women i

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Connecther.org is on Pinterest!

Hey, check out Connecther.org’s pinterest page, Thanks SO much Robin Richardson for putting it together, it’s great!!:

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Why Women are a Foreign Policy Issue by Melanne Ve

“In the 1990s, nearly half of all peace agreements failed within the first five years, according to the Human Security Report Project. These deals are generally struck by a small number of male military and political leaders shielded from wa

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A New Way of Thinking about Hillary Clinton

It’s the most difficult thing to inspire someone.  I have seen several very accomplished people speak, most of the time, I learn a lot, but cannot say I get inspired very often.  Inspiration m

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Getting Involved: 2012 Women's & Social Conference

2012 is shaping up to be a year filled with exciting conferences, symposiums, and conventions for social change and female leaders, bringing together bright minds looking to create a better future. Here are just some of the opportunities that Conn

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Support 25@$25 Today

Through January 9th, join Connecther in supporting our 25 @ $25 campaign and make a difference in the lives of women and children all ove

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My Haitian Cab Driver

It was 5:45 am Monday morning and there were only two cab drivers waiting in Harvard Square.  The first cab driver accidentally fell asleep in his parked cab. I woke him up and he apologized saying, “I’m sorry, I don’t drive thi

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"Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The f

““Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society. For building stable peace we must find ways to provide opportunities for people to live decent li

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Like Us on Facebook!

Connecther posts quotes, videos and links to stories about women and girls from developing communities who are working to become self-reliant.  We also continually spread the word about new ways entrepreneurship is being used to solve world probl

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Giving Totals:
Connecther Total Dollars Raised =
$51,493
Donors = 362
Nonprofits = 59
Projects = 31