Women for Women International

Women for Women International supports women who live in some of the world’s most dangerous places. Women enrol on the charity’s year-long training programme, where they learn how to earn and save money, improve their family’s health and make their voices heard at home and in their community.

Since 1993, the charity has helped almost half a million marginalised women survivors of war in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Sudan.

Thomasina’s sponsor sister, Donata, has chosen to learn farming as her business skill. By selling the onions she grows, she has been able to pay her children’s school fees.
Photo credit: Serrah Galos

"Before, we only knew each other as neighbours. Now, we are friends and we plan together to lift ourselves out of poverty,” shares Donata. With the right support, women seize the opportunity to build a bright future for themselves and those around them.
Photo credit: Serrah Galos

Faith holds a letter she received from her sponsor. Building a personal connection between women survivors of war and their sponsor sisters is at the heart of Women for Women International’s work.
Photo credit: Monilekan