Kenya and South Sudan

2019-2023

WOMEN'S VOICE AND LEADERSHIP

Led by women that are feeling the greatestimpact of gender discrimination, women'srights organizations have the personal experience and skills to push for necessary changelocally, and advocate for the rights of women and girls on a larger scale. Women’s Voice andLeadership is a unique program that supports women’s rights organizations with funding,capacity building and strengthening of their networks to further their ability to deliver qualitywomen's rights programming and services to women in their local communities, andadvocate for policy change and enforcement.

It will take us at CARE Canada $500,000 to continue supporting women's rights organizationsin Kenya and South Sudan through the Women's Voice and Leadership project. Your supportwill help CARE put the power back in the hands of women who can create long-term,sustainable change in their communities.

In Kenya and South Sudan, women and girls are often confined to unequal, subordinateroles in their homes and communities. In South Sudan, women and girls are often seen asassets to obtain a bride price, while boys are seen as heirs to the family wealth, property and family name. In Kenya, society gives menthe ability to control women's time, labourand movement. Kenyan women have lessaccess to and control over land, finances,food, education, employment, health care andpolitical participation, while Kenyan men areexpected to dominate decision-making fromhousehold to national levels.

“Do not just let women get lost in the

sea and ocean of historic and cultural

rhetorics. Accord the women an

opportunity to sit at the great tables of

decision making processes and also

hear them out. The women also have

the right to speak and be heard."

-Yeno Susan, leader of JusticeFoundation Organization

With your support, the Women's Voice and Leadership project will help to build stronger,more resilient women’s rights organizations in Kenya and South Sudan that will be able tocontinue supporting and empowering women for years to come. This project will support:

Beacon of Hope is a women's rights organization in Kenya that worksto prevent Female Genital Mutilation and support the development ofgirls and young women through mentorship programs. One of theirkey activities is providing a pain-free alternative to Female GenitalMutilation that gives girls a painless and empowering culturalalternative rite of passage into womanhood.

$18,110

have had to drop out by providing them with sanitary towels, books and much neededfunds. They visit the girls in school and form social clubs where girls can openly discuss thechallenges facing them in their daily lives, and get parents, teachers, political and religious leaders involved in promoting the growth and development of thesegirls and young women. As a grassroots organization, Beacon of Hope has the ability to reach particularly vulnerable and marginalized girls in their community. Your support can help Beacons of Hope and other women's rightsorganizations build the capacity of their organization so they cansupport more vulnerable women and girls.

Increased effectiveness ofwomen’s rights networks

to affect change in policiesand their implementation

Improved services,information and advocacyprovided by the women's

rights organizations

Ensure 105 women’s rights organizations receive grants to respond to urgent women’srights issues.Assist 66 women’s rights organizations to improve their institutional capacities andprogramming.Support 10 networks of women rights movements.

Through the Women's Voice and Leadership project, women’s rights organizations are trulyin the driver’s seat: they identify their own issues, their own methods of solving these issues,and they define project activities and goals. Your support gives CARE the ability toaccompany, facilitate, catalyze and link women’s rights organizations together to support oneanother and the overall women’s movement. Over the four year project, your support willhelp CARE:

can help Beacon of Hopereach more girls, andcontinue providingquality services to theircommunity.

Project Overview

Spotlight on: Beacon of Hope

A grant of

Better organizationaldevelopment of women's

rights organizations

Beacon of Hope also helps girls stay in school or return to school if they

Preventing female genital mutilation andother forms of gender based violence

Giving more women the ability to earn anincome by building their livelihood

Educating women, girls and communitiesabout the rights of women, and empoweringwomen and girls to exercise their rights

Enhancing the capacity of women to organize and meaningfully participate ingovernment processes, and encouraging women to seek leadership roles in politics

Affecting policy change to address existing laws and policies that are harmful to womenand girls, and training women, girls and their communities how to advocate forthemselves

implementation, measurement and evaluation has made CARECanada a donor of choice for Global Affairs Canada. The impact

Program Budget

Your Gift Will Contribute To:

15% of each gift made to the Women's Voice in Leadership project will be allocated to coveroverhead costs that make it possible for this and other life-saving projects to take place inover 100 countries around the world through CARE Canada.

CARE Canada is proud to partner with the Vancouver Council for CARE, anetwork of women and men who support the rights and empowerment ofwomen in vulnerable communities through CARE Canada. The VancouverCouncil for Care have made a 4 year commitment to the Women's Voiceand Leadership project. Their investment will help women's rightsorganizations empower and advocate for the women and girls in theircommunities.

$500,000Our goals are far too ambitious to achieve alone, so we rely onthe passion, knowledge, and support of partners both big andsmall. From global agencies to individuals like you, together wecan achieve substantial change.

CARE Canada's alignment withCanada's Feminist InternationalAssistance Policy and strong program

of your gift will be multiplied over 26 times, thanks to the $13,014,600 commitment ofthe Government of Canada towards the total cost of $13,514,600 for the Women's Voice andLeadership project in Kenya and South Sudan. CARE Canada needs to raise a total of$500,000 to complement the contribution of the federal government.

How Your Investment Can Change Lives

Make Your Gift Today

$100 can support the Kirinyaga Women Empowerment Programorganization in Kenya to provide sanitary towels to one girl withcerebral palsy for a year, as a way of giving her dignity andlessening the burden to her caregiver, and help raise awarenesson girls’ disabilities issues.

$250 can train five high school girls on gender equality, childmarriage and violence through Crown the Women South Sudan.When girls are better informed of their options and rights, they arebetter able to advocate for themselves, and access the resourcesavailable to them when they need help.

$400 can support Hope Restoration South Sudan to run onecommunity awareness session on housing, land and propertyrights for women. More equal access to housing, land andproperty gives women the ability to be more independent,and own their home or start a business without relying on ahusband, father or brother.

Together, we can create a better world for everyone. Please do not hesitate to contact me ifyou have any questions or would like more information. Thank you for your kindconsideration and support.

Danielle SempleActing Director, Philanthropydanielle.semple@care.ca

604-369-4954

To make your gift online, pleasevisit: care.ca/hervoice

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$640 can support the Rural Education and Economic EnhancementProgramme organization in Kenya to give one dairy goat to fourwomen or girls, as well as a training session on how to use thisdairy goat as an opportunity to earn their own income.