---Key projects of the WWD-F network

The purpose of WWD-F is to assist women and girls across the globe to transform their lives, their families, and their communities. The foundation is currently forming a network of projects that can benefit from its targeted funding and training in organizational and program development. This global network will enable the projects to acquire valuable human and material resources, resulting in greater effectiveness and self-sufficiency.

Below is a sample of projects that are becoming part of the WWD-F network. Over the years, the women who work in these projects have gained invaluable experience and forged critical partnerships among themselves and with their communities. Some are expanding their programs to benefit more women and children and others are developing new initiatives. WWD-F will help these projects take the next step to create comprehensive, participatory, and sustainable solutions.

AFRICA

ASIA

•  Uma Nivas Development Project for Women and Girls - Purulia District, West Bengal, India

•  Lotus Children's Center - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia •  Baan Unrak House of Happiness - Sangklaburi, Thailand

CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN

•  School and Relief Project - Haiti

•  Women's Center - Kingston, Jamaica

•  Sabana Grande Community Health Center - Managua, Nicaragua

•  Sattva Vita Complementary Health Care Center - San Jose, Costa Rica

SOUTH AMERICA

•  The Future Vision Institute and Ecological Park - Instituto Visão Futuro - São Paulo , Brasil

•  Rurapuk Project - Lima, Peru

•  Center for Community Development - Barlovento, Venezuela

“Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.”

Barber B. Conable, Jr. , US Congressman and President of the World Bank