As part of the "Empowering Women and Girls to Overcome Injustice and Poverty" partner project, Rockflower and Hope for the Future Organization completed a campaign to fund vocational training and economic opportunities for 100 young women in Namasuba Village, Wakiso District of Uganda in East Africa.
Cherehani Fundraiser Results in Training of Young Women in Kenya
Early in the New Year, we completed a campaign to fund training of women in Kenya, through Rockflower partner, Cherehani Africa. Subsequently, Robert Mboya, Cherehani's COO & Co-Founder, sent a few pictures of the young women who, as a result of our fundraiser, are receiving training in the tailoring trade.
Rockflower Welcomes Sol Rodriguez and Luca Marsaglia to the Youth Advisory Board
Baking Project Fundraiser Will Bring Much Needed Investment in Ugandan Young Women
The Ugandan Women Advocacy and Development Services (UWADS) is a community based organization working in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda. It’s vision is to work towards a community where there is justice, fairness, care and love for the needy and equality for all of humanity irrespective of religion, sex, physical ability and political inclinations.
Rockflower Welcomes Hannah Delany to the Youth Advisory Board
Rockflower is pleased to announce the addition of Hannah Delany to the Youth Advisory Board.
Rockflower Welcomes Two New Members to the Youth Advisory Board
Rockflower is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to the Youth Advisory Board, Megan Quick and Nicole Brennan.
Rockflower Youth Advisors Francesca Ward and Connor West Complete Fundraiser for Single Women Headed Families in Tamil Nadu, India
Building on the crowdfunding initiative by the Rockflower Youth Advisory Board to promote and integrate themselves into the principles and funding potential of all Rockflower partners and projects, Youth Advisors Francesca Ward and Connor West have successfully completed a fundraiser for the Coastal Villages Project in Tamil Nadu, India.
Give Us Books Not Husbands
Rockflower Completes Funding in Support of Women Leaders
Providing continued impetus for Rockflower’s Youth Advisory Board and their ongoing crowdfunding initiative was the recently completed fundraiser for Rockflower partner The Institute for Inclusive Security. The goal was to raise funds to support the cost of sending one woman to the annual colloquium in Harvard in January.
Rockflower Launches Fundraiser to Empower Single Women Who Head Families in India
Rockflower launched a fundraiser to empower single women who head families in India. The fundraiser is part of Rockflower's "Sustainable Economic Development of Single Women Headed Families" partnership with The Society for Participatory Research and Integrated Training (SPRIT) in Tamil Nadu, India.
Rockflower Funds Takhar Education Initiative
Rockflower completed funding of an initiative to expand education opportunities for girls in the Takhar region of Afghanistan. The fundraiser was spearheaded by Youth Advisory Board member, Olivia Corner, as part Rockflower's Youth Advisory Board Crowdfunding Project.
Rockflower Partners with Common Ground for Africa to Create Education Opportunites for Disadvantaged Girls
Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Common Ground for Africa, a grass-root, community-based organization that has been working since 1995 to help thousands of families in the rural communities to improve their lives through training and advocacy.
Rockflower Partner's with Women's Advocacy and Development Services
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.