We are encouraging as many people as we can to help us put Women Across Borders on the map so that we can be effective and flexible in the work that we do making sure that we are reaching as many women as possible. 

In particular we need:

• Project related funding.
• Unrestricted funds to cover the working costs of our voluntary personnel as well as to employ professionals that could support the volunteers and bring in specific skills.
• National and international partnership.
• The equipment to provide computing courses to the students that will have already successfully participated to the literacy program.
• The equipment to provide our sewing courses and open the fashion school.
• Volunteers who have time to give to our cause.
• We also receive food parcels ,clothing for children and women

Visit us on www.facebook.com, as well as www.onlinevolunteering.org, www.myggsa.co.za (Greater Good SA).

Women Across Borders is legally recognized as a non-profit organization and a public benefit organization by the South African revenue services. Our past year financial statement is available upon request with a detailed budget of how we spent money the past year.  

For further reference on the organization please feel free to contact the following persons:

1. Miss Portia Ndlovu
   Senior lecturer/ school of Maritime Law Howard College University
   Email: ndlovuf1@ukzn.ac.za
   Telephone: +27 312602994
   
   
2. Mrs. Rosemary Awuorh
   Dr/architect, planning and housing
   Email: Awuorh@ukzn.ac.za
   Telephone: +27 312603144  
   

We can do more together than we can apart 

Women Across Borders strongly believes that we can do more together than we can apart. We believe that we can provide a linkage between different stakeholders in social transformation using women young and older as the main transformers of their communities.

This bridges the gap between crucial partners in social transformation which are often trying to play their role blind to what other partners are doing. We feel strongly that our organization, ethos and experience can add value to the development of our communities by implementing and facilitating successful programmes transforming the live of disadvantaged women in South Africa and Africa as a whole. 

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Below are the things that we are currently in need of:

• For project 1 (Adult literacy)
  • Computers: they don’t have to be brand new as long as they work!
  • White or black board, writing pads, pens, pencils, flip charts, newsprint.
  • Masking tapes, file folders, photocopying papers, staplers and staples
  • Overhead projector/ TV, deck.
• Project 2 (Arts training)
  • Sewing machines (second hand) - Singer flat bed, juki, safety overlock machine
  • Scissors, needles and patterns of any kind
  • Wools, plastics shower carpet

• Adult literacy
  This project is aimed at teaching refugee women and girls how to speak and write English. Language barriers are a crucial factor in a refugee's life and determine how easily one is integrated into the new community, and can interact with locals.
  
  Overcoming this will help many refugee women and girls to communicate and further their study formally and informally. It will help break the walls of xenophobia in our community. Computer programmes will also be implemented with the aim of providing sufficient skills that are in demand in the 21st century's economic market.
  
  
• Arts training
  The arts project is aimed at creating a platform of economic opportunities for women. They are taught how to start an SMME in any area that they show proficiency. The course helps the women to look after their children and family.
  
  
• Leadership workshops
  Women Across Borders will be hosting workshops and training days that vary in topics - for example - family planning; women and sexuality; how to save money; HIV and AIDS prevention methods; etc.
  Participants may be of mixed gender depending on the topics. Each workshop lasts for two days and participant age range is from 20 – 30 years.