Women's work

Women's work

In male-dominated Kenya, tradition has kept women in almost overwhelming oppression. But together, across this African country, women are changing their destinies with little more than a vision and their own bare hands.
Updated:
2009-10-30 22:07
Published:
2004-03-01 00:00
By 
Heather BuchanProduced with the support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Internation

How You Can Help

How You Can Help:
Eco-Resorts offers a special Kenyan safari entitled "Women In Perspective," on which you will travel throughout Kenya, meeting with each of the women's groups profiled in this story. Part of your fee will be donated to each of the women's projects that you visit, helping to advance their causes. Go to Eco-Resorts.com for more information or send a donation cheque, made out to either Meyagari, MWSHG or Nyeri Upendo, to Eco-Resorts, 1535 Chatham Colony Ct., Reston, Va., 20190, U.S.A.

To support the work Save the Children is doing with Kenyan women's groups, make your cheque payable to Save the Children Canada, Women's Programs in Kenya, and send it to 4141 Yonge St., Suite 300, Toronto, Ont., M2P 2A8 or call 1-800-668-5036.

To support the work Foster Parents Plan is doing with Kenyan women's groups, make your cheque payable to Foster Parents Plan, Women's Groups in Kenya, and send to 95 St. Clair Ave., W., Suite 100, Toronto, Ont., M4V 3B5 or call 1-800-387-1418. You can also donate online at FosterParentsPlan.com. For more information on Canadian International Development Agencies's gender equality projects in Africa, visit their website.

To learn how you can participate in a volunteer vacation in Africa, go to SaveTheChildren.ca. To learn more about Kenya, visit the Kenya Tourist Board's website at MagicalKenya.com or send an e-mail to contact@kenyatourism.ca.

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