African Proverbs ❛ It Takes a Whole Village to raise a Child ❜

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❛ Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle ❜⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Meaning : It's foolish to insult anyone that you depend upon for survival. ❊ African Proverbs⁠.⁠ ⁠ Language shapes the world. It relates us to society and with those we share it with. Through language we name the things that we think that we see, our feelings. It creates, and at the same time, represents and teaches because also by using it, we learn what each thing is, how we live together, what we believe to be tru

On 15 August 2021, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. The lives of women and girls across the country have been severely impacted since the ta

ChangerMaker.From Sudan to the Security Council: Sudanese woman lead drive for change⁠. ⁠ Alaa Salah (born 1996/1997) is a Sudanese student and anti-government protester. She gained world-wide media attention from a picture of her taken during the 2018/2019 Sudanese Revolution by Lana Haroun that went viral in April 2019. The image of Salah has been dubbed as "Woman in White" or "Lady Liberty" of Sudan.⁠ ⁠ As a member of MANSAM, one of the main Sudanese women's networks who s

❛ Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet ❜⁠ Meaning: You don’t jump straight into a situation without thinking about it firs

COVID-19 cost women globally over $800 billion in lost income in one year Women's lost income in 2020 totaled the combined wealth of 98 co

Language shapes the world. It relates us to society and with those we share it with. Through language we name the things that we think that

❛ Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live ❜⁠ ⁠ Anne Sweeney

❊ WE DID IT!⁠ ⁠ Madam Onditi a Goat or a Sheep Project. ⁠ This is a revolving scheme aimed at empowering widows by giving a family a mature goat or sheep to raise. The family will own the animal but will return the second born to the project to be given to another family. The family can receive financial support to build a shelter for the animal. ⁠ ⁠ The aim of this project is to fight poverty and disease by improving the economic development of widows in Pap Onditi, Kisumu

The consequences of COVID for us women.❛ As a result of COVID-19, ⁠ 47 million more women will be pushed into extreme poverty in 2021 ❜⁠.⁠