Our Latest  Accomplishments

A group of seven Burkina Faso women received financial help through ORUWOCA's       Empower a Woman... Program.

ORUWOCA continues to touch lives through its various programs.  Yelli (52)  and Obi (36) are among seven women selected in the town of  Diebougou, Burkina Faso, to take part in ORUWOCA's Empower a Woman Program where women are given grants to start small businesses.  Through their small businesses selling produce and other knick-knacks at the local market, these women, living under extreme poverty, will be able to feed their families and even send their kids to school!  The seven women will also learn basic financial management skills to help their businesses grow.  Each woman will be helped to open to a savings account and encouraged to save as much as possible.  ORUWOCA will match whatever the women have saved in their accounts 12 months after the program is launched. 

 A local school in Maryland supports ORUWOCA'S  Give Hope to a Child Program in Burkina Faso.

The Oxon Hill Middle School in Fort Washington, MD, participated in ORUWOCA's Dollar for Africa initiative and their efforts helped to give hope to many children in Tiedia, Burkina Faso.  The funds raised by the students at Oxon Hill were enough to pay for one-year's tuition for 68 pupils at Tiedia-MouleElementary School.  Each child also received a backpack and school clothes.  Tiedia -Moule Elementary is the only school in the village of Tiedia and is also attended by children from the village of Moule.  These two villages are located in remote areas of Burkina with limited access to cars.  There is no running water or electricity.  Despite the lack of these basic necessities, the children continue to have dreams and hope.  The Oxon HillMiddle School has demonstrated the extraordinary things that may be accomplished by ordinary people. Click here to view pictures.

A group of women in Niger received help through ORUWOCA's Empower a Woman... Program.

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 oruwoca@gmail.com to receive a copy of the full report of this activity. Thanks.

ORUWOCA touching lives of underprivileged children in Niger 

 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 oruwoca@gmail.com to receive a full report on this activity. Thanks.

ORUWOWCA' Summer Leadeship Academy in Niger

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 oruwoca@gmail.com 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 develops programs that give hope to 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 develops 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  develops special programs to help orphans, war and famine victims with shelter, basic health care. ORUWOCA  works collaboratively with local health centers to provide them with the basic health care needs. That covers vaccinations, medicine and healthy nutrition.

Education

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

  Through Summer Leadership Academy program ORUWOCA 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.

• Creation of Computer Training Centers in qualified poor cities

  We help in the creation of computer training centers in qualified African countries.

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

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

Economic Empowerment and Leadership Training

• Self-help programs to individual or group of women.

ORUWOCA provides means to  individual or group of women in qualified regions to help them be self-sufficient and  fight against poverty and lack of education. The women are encouraged to create profit generated business for themselves and their families. Trainings will primarily focus on: Income generation, and Project actualization.

• African Young Women Empowermenet  & Leadership Forum

The African Young Women Empowerment & Leadership Forum will bring together African young women to discuss and find ways that would : 1) encourage and help build themselves;  2) Highlight their accomplishments and their efforts to become positive role models  in their communities.  3) Provide a forum where they can share experiences on initiatives that they have undertaken since the last forum; and 4) expose participants to possible new opportunities for their expertise and knew skills in leadership, health and business management.