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660 projects funded in 13 countries with $3,024,358 awarded

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Sarteneja Costura y Artesania Cooperativa

About 80% of the income generated in the community of Sarteneja Village, Belize, comes from the fishing indust...

Souss Girls Soccer Camp

Opportunities for girls in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco are extremely limited, especially in the field of...

Leaders in Development

Leaders in Development is a five week summer internship program being developed in partnership with Lycee Mame...

Gueoul Sport

Currently, there are 12,000 people in community of Escall, Senegal, and its residents are primarily involved i...

Developing our Self-Sufficiency

Penas Blancas is a rural community in Costa Rica with a population of about 3,500 people. The town has its own...

Addressing Basic Hygiene and Sanitation Needs with Latrines

The communities of La Vigia and Colonia Japonesa are approximately four kilometers from the Haitian/Dominican...

Stoves Project for El Cacheo

In the community of El Cacheo, Dominican Republic 100% of the families cook or have cooked over an open fire,...

Beautify Aberdare Tree Nursery

In the community of Njabini, Kenya, the majority of residents are small-scale farmers who are semi-literate an...

Kalou Educational Compound

The area of Kalou, Kenya is primarily agricultural, producing maize (corn) and potatoes. Because of the elevat...

Improving Maternal and Child Health Care in Ol’Kalou

The town of Ol’Kalou has a population of 70,273. Roughly 75% of the villages comprising Ol’Kalou are consi...

Kyanguli Secondary School Greenhouse

Kyanguli is a very small village, located several kilometers off the main highway between Nairobi and Mombasa....

Creation Camp: An Introduction to Traditional Moroccan Artisanal Skills for Girls

After decades of working under male leadership in various other associations, the women artisans of Tameslouht...
OUR MISSION:World Connect improves the lives of women and children in the developing world by empowering local leaders to drive change in their communities, impacting health, education, economic opportunity and the environment. In the process, we inspire young Americans to think and act globally and philanthropically by engaging them in our partnerships and our projects.