Women’s Football for Unity, Rwanda
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Summary
The project will make girls' football strong in Kigali City and Rwanda. The project will demonstrate the positive impact of gender in sport for social change.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $105,065 was raised for this project.
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Received $105,065 from 50 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
AKWOF promotes girls and women’s rights and self-confidence through sport, especially football. We assist Rwandan women to have a forum for integration and reconciliation. We use sport to promote awareness among Rwandan women about the dangers of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and provide a meeting point between the elite and uneducated women for exchange of ideas
Activities
AKWOF will train female trainers, coaches, referees and match commissioners. We will create the Women Soccer Federation and a professional women’s Football Team.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $105,065
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $105,065. The original project funding goal was $105,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will make women’s football a catalyst for unity and reconciliation while creating a viable economic activity, thereby reducing poverty amongst women. We will show the impact of sport and social change.
Project Message
Genocide left women survivors traumatized and with no more value for life. In 1997, we ladies decided to rub off history and took initiative to encourage women football for unity & reconciliation
- Rwemalika Felicite, Founder, AKWOF
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on July 17, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 02, 2006.
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