Mwanamke Fund supports small organizations led by women and girls in vulnerable situations in the African Great Lakes region.
To serve in the short, medium, and long term as a feminist community fund embodying fairness, reliability, and accessibility, and responding to the technical and financial challenges and needs of small organizations of women and girls in vulnerable situations in the African Great Lakes countries.
Mobilize resources and provide local financial and technical support through the provision of small grants and capacity building for small organizations (led by women) that promote leadership, empowerment and the rights of vulnerable and marginalized women in the African Great Lakes countries.
Each grant is a voice raised, an initiative brought to life, a woman regaining power over her own life.
Subsidized projects
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Women's organizations supported
Women and Girls Beneficiaries
Mwanamke Fund targets and supports small organizations of indigenous women, survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, as well as vulnerable and marginalized women and girls in the African Great Lakes region:
Because many local women's organizations are not funded by traditional donors due to a lack of the required technical, financial, and logistical capacity.
We believe it's time to change the rules of the game, make resources accessible, and promote local struggles led by local women's organizations.
Concrete solutions for the empowerment of women in the Great Lakes region
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Mwanamke Fund works in partnership and close collaboration with other women's funds, national, regional, and international organizations that also provide grants to local women's rights groups.
