WOMEN'S GLOBAL CONNECTION OF SAN ANTONIO

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS LOCAL: STRENGTHENED PRESENCE AND NURTURED PARTNERSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD (UIW) AND IN THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY WITH A TOTAL OF 40 PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 3,500 PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT WGC'S MISSION AND PROGRAMS. EVENT DISPLAYS AND INTERACTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD INCLUDED THE RED DRESS HEALTH FAIR, BUSINESS SCHOOL NETWORKING CAREER FAIR, ANNUAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR, INTERNATIONAL FAIR AND BAZAAR, INTERNSHIP FAIR, ECCLS SERVICE FAIR, AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC SCHOOL, CENTRAL PARK LIONS CLUB, AND KSAT TV. WGC PRESENTED AT THE UIW WOMEN'S FAIR. WGC PROMOTED FEMALE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS IN SAISD AT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (YWLA). WGC PRESENTED AT THE AFP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, TOGETHER WITH THE WOMEN AT RAINDROP TURKISH HOUSE, WOMEN'S GLOBAL CONNECTION LED A CONVERSATION PROMOTING THE LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP CAPACITY OF GIRLS LOCALLY AND AROUND THE WORLD. CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TO DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING OF ANOTHER CULTURE AND COMPLETE STUDENT FUNDRAISING FOR A FOURTH RAINWATER HARVESTER FOR THE BUKOBA WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION (BUWEA) IN BUKOBA, TANZANIA. HELD 8TH ANNUAL GIRLS GLOBAL SUMMIT AS PART OF THE GIRLS LEADERSHIP SAN ANTONIO PROGRAM WITH 250 ATTENDEES INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS BY NEARLY 52 GIRLS FROM 13 AREA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY PROMOTES LEADERSHIP EDUCATION FOR GIRLS AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP. NINE HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS AND ONE UIW INTERN PROVIDED YEAR-LONG PEER MENTORING FOR THE STUDENT GIRL GROUPS WHO MADE PRESENTATIONS AT THE SUMMIT. SOCIAL MEDIA REACHED 3,329 PEOPLE DURING THE EVENT. SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TOTALING $8,070 SUPPORTED IMMERSION TRIP VOLUNTEERS TO PERU AND KENYA. EMERGENCY MICROLOAN FUND - THERE WERE 15 NEW LOANS TOTALING $7,450 THIS YEAR, 5 LOANS WERE FULFILLED, AND 25 LOANS WERE STILL ACTIVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. PLANNED AND EXECUTED 3 IMMERSION TRIPS WITH 19 VOLUNTEERS TRAVELING TO PERU AND 3 TO KENYA. GLOBAL: BUWEA IN TANZANIA BUILT 3 ADDITIONAL RAIN HARVESTERS TO TOTAL OVER 40 BY YEAR END WITH FUNDING FROM WGC CONTRIBUTORS. THE RAIN HARVESTERS ARE PROVIDING CLEAN WATER FOR THOUSANDS OF VILLAGERS. THEY PROVIDED WASH (WATER ACCESS AND SANITATION HYGIENE) TRAINING TO VILLAGERS AND OTHERS. WITH TRAINING FROM WGC AND THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP, BUWEA CONTINUED TO GROW THEIR MICROLOAN, SOY, NUTRITION, AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS PROGRAMS. PREVIOUS DONATIONS FOR BUWEA TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FUNDED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR THE WOMEN. WGC CONTRIBUTED TO THE WOMEN IN WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION (WWANC) GROUP IN KAKAMEGA'S SUCCESS BY GIVING 2,000 PUPILS ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AND BETTER SANITATION SERVICES; 500 GRASSROOTS WOMEN HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND 20 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED DURING THE YEAR'S ANTI JIGGER CAMPAIGN. IN 2019 WITH SUPPORT FROM WGC, WWANC ORGANIZED TRAINING ON BICYCLE SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE, MENTAL WELLNESS, INTRODUCTION TO RUNNING, AND MENSTRUAL HEALTH. DURING THE SUMMER TRIPS TO TANZANIA AND KENYA, WGC AND ITS PARTNERS COLLABORATED ON THE INITIATION OF A BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM AND EXPANSION OF BICYCLES PROVIDED TO WOMEN BY WGC FUNDRAISING. PUSHAQ WARMI MEMBERS IN PERU CONDUCTED 100 EMPOWERMENT TRAININGS FOR WOMEN IN AND NEAR CHIMBOTE, PERU ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM, FAMILY VIOLENCE, HEALTH ISSUES, AND OTHER TOPICS. THE PUSHAQ WARMI WOMEN CONTINUED TO SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AT SPECIAL EVENTS AND IN SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS. IMMERSION TRIP VOLUNTEERS VISITED THE HOSPICE CLINIC TO EVALUATE THE PATIENTS AND EDUCATE THEM IN REGARDS TO THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS. WGC ALSO SENT 75 WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO PERU TO INITIATE A SERIES OF TRAINING WORKSHOPS TO BOTH PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS AND FAMILIES. THE WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS ARE PART OF THE PROYECTO AGUA CRISTALINA INITIATIVE OF WGC IN WHICH TEACHERS AND FAMILIES RECEIVE INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO SET UP AND MAINTAIN A WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES SAFE, POTABLE WATER WITH THE GOALS OF ENHANCED FAMILY HEALTH AND THE INCREASE OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. IN THE YEAR'S IMMERSION TRIPS TO PERU AND KENYA, THE TOTAL OF 22 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 20 EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTED 1,000 INDIVIDUALS AND INDIRECTLY 12,000 IN-COUNTRY INDIVIDUALS.

WOMEN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL: WGC IMMERSION TRIP VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED TRAINING TO MEMBERS OF WWANC AND MEMBERS OF BUWEA WHO TRAVELED FROM TANZANIA TO KENYA. FOR THE KENYA WOMEN'S GROUP, WGC DONORS PROVIDED FUNDS FOR ANIMAL GRANTS AND BICYCLE PROGRAMS.