African Women Council Inc. is emerging as one of the foremost representatives of all who wish to help these women and children depart from war and poverty by providing them with means to acquire the capacity to build a better future for themselves and their communities.
Thus, AWC is convinced at this juncture that it is necessary to take basic education to these women and children. With basic education they will learn some skills that will allow them to earn a living independently and provide for the basic needs of their children, be useful to themselves and the community
AWC predicts that this approach will result among other things, in reducing dependency of these women on handouts (foreign aide) it will also promote among them an interest in economic productivity and provide them some measure of self-reliance.
Thus, AWC is convinced at this juncture that it is necessary to take basic education to these women and children. With basic education they will learn some skills that will allow them to earn a living independently and provide for the basic needs of their children, be useful to themselves and the community
AWC predicts that this approach will result among other things, in reducing dependency of these women on handouts (foreign aide) it will also promote among them an interest in economic productivity and provide them some measure of self-reliance.
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Consequences of war on women:
- Undiagnosed/untreated post traumatic stress - Higher rates of infertility due to varied sexual assaults - Loss of family structure and stability through loss of spouse - Death of young girls attempting to abort pregnancies resulting from rape/forced prostitution |
Consequences of war on children:
-Displacement of children from their local community -Abduction of children to be forced into slavery, or serve as soldiers - Children used as manpower in the extraction of precious minerals. - Loss of childhood through struggling to survive, and/or while raising younger siblings |
PROJECTS OF AFRICAN WOMEN COUNCIL, INC
-Provide food and clothing for orphaned children
-Reduce poverty and unemployment by creating jobs in the rural area
-Raise funds to open a community center/vocational school
-Support the establishment of micro-enterprises for women and youth so they can self-sustain themselves and their families
-Provide food and clothing for orphaned children
-Reduce poverty and unemployment by creating jobs in the rural area
-Raise funds to open a community center/vocational school
-Support the establishment of micro-enterprises for women and youth so they can self-sustain themselves and their families
