http://catapult.org – Sub-saharan Africa

Busting menstrual taboos in Rwanda

Provide menstrual hygiene training to 50 Rwandan teachers, who will deliver menstrual hygiene education to 3,000 schoolgirls in ten schools.

Support for an HIV-free generation

Help us fund a Community Health Worker (CHW) in Togo, who will provide invaluable support and hope to pregnant women with HIV.

Sow seeds of change for Tanzanian women

Seeds, fertilizer, and training are catalysts of change for female farmers in Tanzania.

Empower Kenyan girls with a WISER education

Only 5% of girls reach secondary school in Muhuru due to pregnancy, HIV orphanage, and early marriage. Few receive the support necessary for success.

Combatting sex trafficking in Africa

Strengthen the anti-trafficking advocacy project by hiring a Trafficking Program Officer

Empowering Maasai girls through education

Maasai girls face many challenges because of cultural traditions such as female genital mutilation and forced early marriage, which prevent girls from continuing education.

Ms. President: Preparing girls for politics

Help convene the first ever “Girls Political Conference” for rural girls in Kenya

Provide education and empowerment to 80 refugee girls

The children and youth Heshima Kenya serves today become tomorrow’s advocates creating social change, individually and collectively.

Life-changing surgery for 27 mothers

Help provide vital surgery to women with fistula* in Kenya to support them in rebuilding their lives.

Win back 6 weeks of school per year for girls in Kenya

ZanaAfrica is innovating a radically affordable sanitary pad to help more Kenyan girls stay in school.