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The Afternoon Tea will take place on October 26th at Verna Pauls' home with author and speaker, Rachel Crabb. It will be a Very Select Tea, you won't want to miss it! Our Fall Fundraiser is on September 12th. Make sure you mark your calendar now because this will definitely be an event that you will want to attend. Exciting entertainment, a wonderful guest speaker, in a pristine location, are just a few of the things being planned... Enlightening & Encouraging Women
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Developed from local grass roots beginnings, the Women’s Development Association is a non-profit organization whose mission is to train and support women in third world nations by teaching literacy, basic mathematics, health education, legal rights and economic empowerment. The vision empowers illiterate women by giving them reading and writing skills. In turn they grow spiritually, as illiterate women are not able to read the Bible. Literacy gives them respect in society and, by using these skills, they can upgrade their living standards. Additionally, they learn health awareness, specifically reproductive health, in order to improve their health and that of their families. WDA provides employment skills for the poorest of the poor to improve the
economical realities facing these households, particularly women. As a result
of the skill-based training they receive, 50% of the women realize economic
gain through sewing fine pieces, shoe making and other related areas. These
women gain more than trade skills; they develop self-esteem and confidence.
1. Lack of fair employment opportunities available to poor, Christian
women The Pakistani Ministry ... WDA is endeavoring to partner in a relational way with Josna to educate persecuted and abused women. The ways we can accomplish this are:
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