Support the Unfinished Business of Evacuated Volunteers

These Volunteers lost their project funding when they were evacuated due to COVID-19. Will you help them complete their projects?

Elyse Magen

Elyse was working with a women's group who make artisanal chocolate desserts throughout her Peace Corps service. These women are all cacao farmers themselves and have had little economic opportunity. They have not had a formal education and at a young age were displaced due to the violence in their region. The business they have started provides disposable income in a culture where women have little opportunity to work.

The grant has two focuses: (1) Buy machinery to expand the product line and (2) Modify their workspace so they can comply with health sanitary codes.

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Cristal Ouedraogo

In Benin, women and girls have lower educational attainment and more barriers to education than men and boys. A literacy and research center will create a safe space for girls to pursue academic excellence and increase high performance rates amongst girls. Additionally, these funds will help renovate and furnish a dilapidated school room so that it can serve as a literacy and research center for approximately 500 secondary school students in need, including young female learners. 

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