I read an article in an old Chatelaine magazine about the women in Afganistan getting micro loans to start their own business to enable them to provide to their families. The average loan is $200 and a schedule of interest and repayment is worked out over 3 years. Over 99% are repaid in full. The article told what an organization named Warchild does for them. This led me to the Afganistan Women Council which has many programs. Over 90% of the money donated to Warchild goes to the recipients and over 96% from AWCouncil. You can see their stuff at www.warchild.ca and Afganistanwomencouncil. What really struck me is that the Afgan women are not allowed to leave their house without being escorted by a male relative and many widows no longer have this and will starve or suffer violence while out on the street. We had a lunch today and donated to this work. I had very generous help from Vicki, Midge, Jackie and the women that attended. We really enjoyed ourselves thoroughly and raised $160.00 to help them.
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Ann and Ron, this is Alyson - I work for War Child. Thank you so much for your support! What a lovely and thoughtful way to show your support and raise funds.
Congratulations!
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