Rockflower launched a fundraiser to send Afghan girls to school for one year. The fundraiser will support education in Takhar Province, a remote area where the families of many young girls lack the resources to access an education for their children.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Women Advocacy Project. The WAP is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization for women’s empowerment formed in 2012 in the city of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Rwenzori Women's Initiative for Community Development (RWICOD). The RWICOD was started in Uganda by a group of women who saw a need for women to join hands to fight the injustices of poverty, disease and violence.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Cherehani Africa, a social enterprise that pursues financial inclusion through asset financing of sewing machines and provision of business loans to asset-less but skilled women in emerging and under-served markets.
Today, Rockflower launched a fundraiser to send one world-changing, women leader to the annual Institute for Inclusive Security’s colloquium in Cambridge, MA.
An event like no other - a transformative week for both the global peace leaders and the audiences with whom they interact.
Today, Rockflower launched a fundraiser to promote financial independence for young women in Kenya. The goal of this fundraiser is to provide funding for 40 sewing machines and technical training of young women in Kenya to facilitate them launching a career in tailoring. A sewing machine costs $100 and the training materials approximately $25.
Empowering our Youth Advisory Board members to become an integral part of our investment and funding strategy has been an ongoing goal at Rockflower.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Rain for the Sahel and Sahara. RAIN partners with rural and nomadic desert peoples of Niger to realize their ambitions for education and enduring livelihoods.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Hope for Children in Adversity. The HCA support children in Tanzania in the pursuit of living a life full of love, joy, hope and peace and with their basic needs fully met.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Uganda Community Farm, a community agriculture project that aims to equip Uganda’s rural poor with the knowledge and skills needed to lift themselves from extreme poverty in a self sufficient way.
During the winter of 2015, Rockflower funded a 6 month pilot project to provide a temporary maternal health center in the hilly, remote villages surrounding Muzzafarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
The center provided local women access to maternal health care - many for the first time. The project was launched and managed by Rockflower partner - Community Services Program - Pakistan.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Kaaba Micro Finance Institution. Kaaba Microfinance Institution (K-MFI) is a financial service provider that strengthens the economic base of low-income women farmers and women livestock owners.
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Wino Village, Tanzania. Estimates indicate that about 70% of the population get access to water services at a distance of at least one kilometer away. This is especially challenging given that the location of the village is in a high escarpment surrounded by mountains.
Porter Magazine featured Christine Ward, Rockflowers Founder and CEO, in the Fall 2016 issue. The article, "My Quest to do the Right Thing”, is a personal reflection on decisions taken that directly impacted the creation of Rockflower and the determination to grow the fund into something that has the capacity to be truly transformational for women and girls worldwide.
Rockflower is thrilled to welcome Angela Wilkins to the Management Team as a Special Projects Coordinator. Angela brings experience in both for- and non-profit organzations, as well as an educational background in social and cultural communications.
Please take a moment to read more about Angela on our Leadership page.
