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Our Various Programs

 Our Latest  Accomplishments

As part of its efforts to help underprivileged women achieve financial autonomy, ORUWOCA sponsored the Kande Gomni Women of Baleyara in the fall of 2007.  The donated funds will allow the women to begin small businesses that will benefit their entire community by bringing in regular income. Please email us at info@oruwoca.org to receive a copy of the full report of this activity. Thanks.

 On February 12, 2008, ORUWOCA held its second annual thanksgiving dinner, during which meals were provided to the homeless and underprivileged children in a low-income neighborhood in Niamey, Niger.  ORUWOCA views Niger's food crisis as a continuous challenge, which must be addressed in a multi-faceted manner; hence, the purpose of this charity event is to fill a small void in the lives of the many people that are deprived of food on an ongoing basis.  It is evident that Niger's hunger crisis will not be resolved by an annual dinner; however, every little bit counts. In the long run, ORUWOCA's objective is to make the annual Dinner a monthly activity, then weekly, and, eventually, daily. Please email us at info@oruwoca.org to receive a full report on this activity. Thanks.

During the course of ORUWOCA's 2004 and 2006 Summer Leadership Academy, the students had the opportunity to participate in a range of social, cultural, and educational activities.  A total of (259) girls & boys benefited from ORUWOCA's summer activities. Please email us  at info@oruwoca.org to receive a copy of reports for the 2004 and 2006 summer Leadership activities.

 Our Various Programs

Our Health, Educational and Economic Empowerment programs are used as means to empower women, their families, and their communities. These programs are executed based on funds received and qualifications factors of villages and poor city neighborhood.

Health

• Better Health for Women and Children Fight against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other life threatening diseases.

  ORUWOCA plans to develop programs that will give hope for children and families in Africa by providing methods and means that will prevent HIV/AID, Malaria infections, slow or stop the development of the disease with already infected mothers and children, and help eradicate other life threatening diseases, by providing care and treatment.

• Medical Assistance in poor rural communities

  ORUWOCA plans to develop programs of medical assistance to rural and poor communities by providing them with health care supplies, medecines and field medical assistance.

• Special health programs to help orphans, war and famine victims

  ORUWOCA will develop special programs to help orphans, war and famine victims with shelter, basic health care. ORUWOCA will work collaboratively with local health centers to provide them with the basic health care needs. This will cover vaccinations, medicine and healthy nutrition.

Education

• Implementation of Summer Leadership Academy and other education programs for youth in qualified communities.

  The academy seeks to assist poor young girls to develop social and leadership abilities and to enhance their academic abilities. The focus of the 4-6 week program will be on the development of critical awareness about basic health issues such as prevention of malaria, STD and HIV/AIDS; and the preparation of participants for the end of primary education exam by enhancing their ability for critical thinking, mathematical problem solving and literacy.

• School renovation projects in qualified villages

  We plan to help in the renovation of schools in qualified villages to give children decent and decent classrooms.

• Creation of Computer Training Centers in qualified poor cities

  We also plan to participate in the creation of computer training centers in qualified African countries.

• Special Scholarship programs to help orphans, war and famine victims

  ORUWOCA will develop special programs to help orphans, war and famine victims with special scholarship programs. ORUWOCA will work collaboratively with local schools to enroll these children. The program will also cover their school supplies and educational fees. ORUWOCA will provide adequate home-based support to these children in order to secure their educational success as well as their development.

Economic Empowerment

• Provide self-help programs to individual or group of women.

  ORUWOCA will identify individual or group of women in qualified regions to help them in receiving the right and/or training in order to fight against poverty and lack of education. These trainings will also allow them to create profit generated business for themselves and their families. Trainings will primarily focus on: Income generation, and Project actualization.

• Women's Resource Center

  ORUWOCA plans to implement Women's Resource Centers in qualified locations to support women, strengthen families and built communities through information, referrals, counseling and educational services.