womenhelpingwomenisavossfoundationcampaignthathasraisedover$985...
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Women Helping Women is a Voss Foundation campaign that has raised over $985,000 through events around theworld to help fund clean water access points and sanitation facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya,Liberia, Swaziland and Uganda.
In 2017, Women Helping Women events took place in San Francisco (March 13) and the Hamptons (August 7). Our final 2017 Women Helping Women event will take place in New York City on November 8 at the Dream Downtown.
Magatte WadeSelita Ebanks
Noella Coursaris Musunka
Voss Foundation annually honors individuals who embody the concept of Women HelpingWomen. Past Voss Foundation Women Helping Women honorees include:
2017 – Krista Krieger, President & Executive Director, Empowers AfricaMariama Mounir Camara, Fashion Designer and Co-Founder, There Is No Limit FoundationAmikaeyla Gaston, Singer, Activist, and Executive Director/Founder, International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute (San Francisco)
2016 – Georgie Badiel, Model, Founder, Georgie Badiel Foundation Monique Péan, Jewelry Designer, Water ActivistAmikaeyla Gaston, Singer, Activist, and Executive Director/Founder, International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute
2015 – Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of NorwayJewel, Singer-Songwriter, Author, PhilanthropistMagatte Wade, Social Entrepreneur, Founder, TiossanRobert & Kimberly Field, Philanthropists
2014 – Kristy Caylor, President and Creative Director, MaiyetRebecca van Bergen, Founder and Executive Director, Nest
2013 – Maya Haile Samuelsson, Model, Founder, Three Goats
2012 – Selita Ebanks, Model, Actress, Shine On Sierra Leone
2011 – Saran Kaba Jones, Social Entrepreneur, Founder, FACE Africa
2010 – Noella Coursaris Masters, Model, Founder, Georges Malaika Foundation
Jewel
Monique Péan Amikaeyla Gaston
Women Helping Women
African BazaarAt our Women Helping Women events, Voss Foundation sells a beautifully curated collection of jewelry, accessories,home goods, and assorted crafts made in the countries where we work – many handmade by artisans who benefitdirectly from Voss Foundation’s water, sanitation, and hygiene projects. The items are selected by an African Bazaarcommittee comprised of stylists, designers, editors, buyers, and other notables.
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33K @VOSSAus
13K @VOSSArabia
115K @VOSSWorld
3.1K 400 supporters/yr
5K @VOSSUK
236 West 30th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001 USA Odins gate 21, 0266 Oslo, Norway
www.vossfoundation.org
Mona B. LipsonDirector of Strategic Advancement &
Corporate [email protected]
212.995.2255 ext. 304