Foundation for Women and Children Empowerment
Liberia
2022:
This year, SHARE funded Foundation for Women and Children’s Empowerment (FOWACE) in Liberia to repair community hand pumps that women use to get their domestic water for their everyday life. These hand pumps serve 10 communities in Lofa county, which has been severely affected by Ebola, COVID-19, and civil war.
Many of the faucets were out of order, and families were forced to drink unsanitary water. With our funding, hundreds of women are enjoying the use of the new hand pumps that provide safe and clean water.
2023:
This year, SHARE funded FOWACE, an organization in Liberia, to repair 10 damaged hand pumps. 5000 beneficiaries from 10 rural communities now have access to safe drinking water nearby.
2021:
This year, The SHARE Institute funded Foundation for Women and Children’s Empowerment in Liberia to pay the school tuition fees for ten disadvantaged children. These vulnerable children are all raised by their grandmothers, disabled mothers, or other relatives. The grant also provided textbooks, shoes, school bags, and other necessary school supplies to each of the beneficiaries.
2020:
Foundation for Women and Children Empowerment responded to the COVID-19 crisis by creating door-to-door awareness about the virus, as well as distributing food, soap, and reusable face masks. The women have also made reusable face masks for sale, as well as making soap for sale.
2019:
The project funded 20 Ebola-affected women who have lost their husbands during the Ebola epidemic. As the men did the farming, the women were left with the children and no income. The project trained the women on small business management and vegetable garden production. The women planted peanut gardens and were able to generate the amount of 750 us dollars from the harvested peanuts. Each member got fifty dollars for their labor and leftover money was kept for phase 2 of the project. They proved income made a big difference in the lives of women and children.
2018:
The project funded nine Ebola Widows to start small businesses. All women had lost their husbands during the Ebola epidemic. The small grants they have received enabled them to send their children to school and provide better nutrition to their families.
