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The Women's Fund is happy to announce the recipients of this year's first round of grants to support women and girls! Thank you to everyone who helped to make this community support possible.
If you are interested in all our grantees, go to our List of All Grantees .
$5,000 to Aloha State Association of the Deaf for a five day
deaf women’s leadership retreat. The goal is to empower deaf women in
Hawai’i to become superior leaders in their community and enhanced
advocates for issues facing deaf women.
$2,000 to Domestic Violence Action Center for operating
funds. The Domestic Violence Action Center is committed to ending
domestic violence and other forms of abuse through leadership,
prevention, legal services, individual and systemic advocacy and social
change work.
$2,750 to Marimed Foundation for residential girls program
in Hilo. The funds will be used to enhance therapeutic curriculum for
girls who have mental health and substance abuse diagnosis, and most
often also have histories of unstable family life, abuse, and declines
in school success and progress.
$1,300 to Hamakua Health Center, Inc. for “Ladies’ Night Out”, a women’s health fair including health screening, self-care and resources, on Hawaii island.
$5,000 to Hina Mauka for a play on domestic violence at
Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua. The play will be
written and acted in by inmates; more than 90% of the women have
suffered from domestic violence, substance abuse and/or sexual trauma.
$4,036 to Learning for a Lifetime Foundation for a Girls'
Power of Writing Club at Palama Settlement. The program will give
middle school girls the opportunity to write and publish their own life
stories in hardcover, while working on basic language arts skills.
$5,000 to Micronesian Community Network for development of a culturally-appropriate, gender-sensitive domestic violence program for Micronesian women.
Fertile Grounds for Reproductive Justice Grants
$18,800 to Honolulu Black Nurses Association, Inc. to raise
awareness about HIV/Aids in the African American Community with the
objective of helping at-risk women and teens reduce risk and get access
to comprehensive health care services and education.
$40,000 to 3rd Path Movement for
Reproductive Justice (formerly Women of Color Caucus) in Hawaii to create a
comprehensive strategy to challenge the structural and societal
conditions that control women of color from multiple disciplines within
the social services network in Hawaii and to build opportunities for
women of color within the movement.
$6,000 to Women Who Care, Inc. to empower and educate women
about their reproductive and health rights with respect to birthing
options and raise reproductive justice awareness in the community.
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