Imagine a time in your life when you've been so desperate for change that you could have done anything--things you weren't proud of--just to make it through
Imagine going many days and weeks without food, without shelter, without clean water
Imagine being raped by someone you know and then shunned when you dare to speak up
Imagine being born with a target on your back just because you fall under a particular gender--female
Have you ever been called a failure, a loser, a good-for-nothing, useless?
Have you ever lost all hope and found yourself almost on the verge of suicide?
Every second, somewhere around the world, there is a girl or a woman being paralyzed by violence, hunger, poverty, illiteracy and judgement.
According to Amnesty International, 1 in 3 women will experience violence in her life time.
Women Thrive Worldwide emphasizes that ANY abuse or violence against women is too many.
Life as a woman doesn't have to be so hard, yet it is for most of the girls in several under privileged communities.
One of the many examples where you can find such communities is in Cameroon, West Africa.
We Can Change This Picture:
With the last population percentage of women in Cameroon measured at 50.02 in 2012 and a healthy life expectancy of 45, Cameroon now holds an unemployment rate of 30% and an estimated 48% living below the poverty line.
A whooping 7 out of 10 young people are under employed with the majority of them being women.
It is disappointing to know that 55% of the poor in Cameroon live in rural areas with half of these being women under the age of 15.
You Can Help Make a Difference:
A woman is the cornerstone of her community. She is mother of all. A pillar and the backbone of society.
A woman can incite change like no other. Investing in the life of a girl is where it all begins.
But all these changes begin with a seed, a seed of empowerment: Giving girls back their dignity, raising them with skills and confidence to plow their own way through life.
It Starts With Just ONE GIRL:
For girls like Matilda Neuni, Ahani Petra and Getrude Naluwe, life was bleak until hope arrived in the form of a caring STRANGER who knew their story so very well. Irene Mangem of Emerge With Irene, is a Cameroonian philanthropist whose sole mission and purpose is to give abused and rejected girls a second chance in life.
WOMEN MATTER:
The fight in one woman is unparalleled to the fight in an army of men.
The storm in the right girl is bigger than the greatest tsunami in the Ring of fire.
BUT IT TAKES SOMEONE LIKE YOU:
In each of these stories, which you may or may not have experienced, you will see a reflection of yourself.
It is not as distant a reality as you may think if you just imagined "What if that were me?"
One woman's fight is every woman's fight.
And the victory of a single girl is a victory not only for every woman but an entire human race.
REMEMBER TO EAT AND DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH, YOU'LL THANK ME LATER
Source: http://www.heifer.org/ending-hunger/our-work/countries/africa/cameroon.html
Imagine going many days and weeks without food, without shelter, without clean water
Imagine being raped by someone you know and then shunned when you dare to speak up
Imagine being born with a target on your back just because you fall under a particular gender--female
Have you ever been called a failure, a loser, a good-for-nothing, useless?
Have you ever lost all hope and found yourself almost on the verge of suicide?
Every second, somewhere around the world, there is a girl or a woman being paralyzed by violence, hunger, poverty, illiteracy and judgement.
According to Amnesty International, 1 in 3 women will experience violence in her life time.
Women Thrive Worldwide emphasizes that ANY abuse or violence against women is too many.
One of the many examples where you can find such communities is in Cameroon, West Africa.
We Can Change This Picture:
With the last population percentage of women in Cameroon measured at 50.02 in 2012 and a healthy life expectancy of 45, Cameroon now holds an unemployment rate of 30% and an estimated 48% living below the poverty line.
A whooping 7 out of 10 young people are under employed with the majority of them being women.
It is disappointing to know that 55% of the poor in Cameroon live in rural areas with half of these being women under the age of 15.
You Can Help Make a Difference:
A woman is the cornerstone of her community. She is mother of all. A pillar and the backbone of society.
A woman can incite change like no other. Investing in the life of a girl is where it all begins.
But all these changes begin with a seed, a seed of empowerment: Giving girls back their dignity, raising them with skills and confidence to plow their own way through life.
It Starts With Just ONE GIRL:
For girls like Matilda Neuni, Ahani Petra and Getrude Naluwe, life was bleak until hope arrived in the form of a caring STRANGER who knew their story so very well. Irene Mangem of Emerge With Irene, is a Cameroonian philanthropist whose sole mission and purpose is to give abused and rejected girls a second chance in life.
WOMEN MATTER:
The fight in one woman is unparalleled to the fight in an army of men.
The storm in the right girl is bigger than the greatest tsunami in the Ring of fire.
BUT IT TAKES SOMEONE LIKE YOU:
In each of these stories, which you may or may not have experienced, you will see a reflection of yourself.
It is not as distant a reality as you may think if you just imagined "What if that were me?"
One woman's fight is every woman's fight.
And the victory of a single girl is a victory not only for every woman but an entire human race.
REMEMBER TO EAT AND DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH, YOU'LL THANK ME LATER
Source: http://www.heifer.org/ending-hunger/our-work/countries/africa/cameroon.html
