● Overseas Aid
Soroptimism is a global organisation so we have the opportunity to help in many corners of the world:
● Joint Project with SI Kisumu, Kenya
We are raising money to improve facilities and provide clean water and sanitation at a nursery school supported by members of SI Kisumu in the Luanda Division. Click here to read more about this project.
For the next four years, alongside other clubs in our Federation, we will be working for Project SIerra, an ambitious scheme to help disadvantaged women and children in Sierra Leone face their post-war futures with confidence and hope.
● St Katherine’s School (Uganda) Scholarship
The Diocese of Winchester has close ties with the Lango Diocese in Northern Uganda and has pledged support to their clergy as the district emerges from a 20-year war with the Lord’s Resistance Army. We are providing a 5-year scholarship to a local girl, Miriam Alum (pictured below), so that she can complete her secondary education at St Katherine’s School in the diocese.
We work with St. Swithun’s School in Winchester on this project. Miss Cox and Revd. Dykes, two staff members from the school, recently visited St. Katherine’s. Click here for a fascinating read about their experience.
● Hope and Dreams for Everyone
By donating money in lieu of sending Christmas cards we are able to support our International President’s Appeal on behalf of this charity based in Moldova. The charity works to prevent human trafficking from Moldova by providing life-skill education and sustainable living conditions for vulnerable children.
This project has been suspended during to the reorganisation and relocation of the team producing the bags in the Philippines. This is only temporary and we expect to have these popular environmentally-friendly bags on sale at the Holly Fair.