Last year (2024) a total of 5 projects were supported with the total amount awarded £15,000.44
The projects were:
Uganda – Conecengo for disabled teenage mothers and women with disabilities in the rural Busoga in Uganda:
To promote inclusivity
To provide skills training and support
To improve access and use of assistive devices among disabled women and teenagers and reduce stigma of disability
Uganda – Cofcawe Kamuli District of Rural Uganda
Training for employment and setting up of businesses for 50 women
Uganda – Amigos Training in menstrual health to combat period poverty and shame.
Project – to improve health and education
Bethlehem – Palestine To assist 40 women in total –
Faith Training
Counselling and self care training
Support 10 women in self-employment, e.g. embroidery and baking
Kenya – Support for self employment for Kalithera Womens’ Tailoring Project
Knitting machines and training to enable the group to start small businesses and improve their financial situation.
MWiB will work closely with All We Can, WFM&UCW and Global Relationships Partnership Co-ordinators to identify suitable projects.
Suggestions for recipients of this year’s Empowerment Gifts are welcome.
newsletters and to select initiatives that are working to empower women through our partner churches.
The initiatives should be in accordance with the aims and objectives of MWiB and meet the following criteria:1. The gift will help to advance the Christian faith – seeking “to know Christ and to make him known”.
2. The gift will help to develop the capacity and skills of women members of the Methodist Church, enabling them to participate more fully in the life of the church, their community, and society.
3. The gift will help to combat injustice and poverty in local communities and around the world.
(It may be helpful to consult the MWiB constitution for full information).
4. Gifts will not be made to fund capital project [building work]
5. Gifts will not be made to pay salary or ongoing staff costs.
6. The organisation must have a bank account and correct bank details must be given for a gift to be awarded. Personal bank accounts cannot be used.
Applications will be discussed by the MWIB executive and brought to the Autumn Trustee Meeting for approval.
