Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Women's Advocacy and Development Services in Uganda. The UWADS is a community based organization working toward equality for all of humanity irrespective of religion, sex, physical ability or political inclination.
Rockflower Completes Funding to Support Entrepreneurial Young Women in Kenya
Rockflower completed funding of an initiative to extend opportunities to young women to launch a tailoring business in Kenya.Building on the success of this fundraiser, Rockflower plans to raise funds for an additional 130 women as part of the Rockflower's Cherehani Project.
Rockflower Partners with the Community Services Program to Build a Maternal Health Center
Rockflower has had an ongoing partnership with Community Services Program (CSP) since the devastating earthquake in 2005. The CSP works throughout Pakistan's Azad Jammu and Kashmir region as well as Punjab on issues ranging from maternal health and gender equality to human rights and emergency relief and rehabilitation.
Rockflower Launches Fundraiser to Send Afghan Girls to School for One Year
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 Partners with the the Women Advocacy Project
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 Creates Partnership with Rwenzori Women's Initiative for Community Development
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 and Cherehani Africa Partner to Train Women as Tailors
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.
Rockflower Launches Fundraiser to Promote Global Peace and Security - Training of Mobilizers
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.
Rockflower Launches Fundraiser to Promote Young Women Financial Independence in Kenya - The Cherehani Project
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.
Rockflower Partners with Hope For The Future to Fund Education and Training Initiatives
Rockflower Welcomes New Youth Advisory Board Members
Rockflower Launches Youth Advisory Board Crowdfunding Project
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 and Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Create Partnership
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 Creates Partnership with Hope for Children in Adversity
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 and Youth Bridge Liberia Create Partnership
Rockflower Adds Two New Youth Advisory Board Members
Rockflower and the Uganda Community Farm Create Partnership
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.
Rockflower and CSP Complete Maternal Health Pilot Project
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 Creates Partnership with Kaaba Micro Finance Institution
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 Partners with Wino Village in Tanzania
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.