Having been a Soroptimist for several years now I am proud to be elected President at a time when SI Surrey Hills is growing in size and ambition.
It is exciting and rewarding to see how our many and diverse projects, both locally and abroad, are making a real difference to the lives of women and girls. We are currently concentrating on learning more about the impact of violence against women and girls in our area and how we can help challenge this unacceptable behaviour. We continue to work with our local women’s refuges and to support initiatives to promote period dignity here in Surrey. But we have also recently begun providing small loans to women in developing countries seeking to start or grow their own businesses and have raised money for Water Aid to help women and girls in Africa, who are disproportionately affected by the lack of access to a clean supply of water and sanitation.
That the reach of Soroptimism is both local and global is, for me, one of the most exciting and rewarding aspects of this amazing organisation. Through it, we are able to work with like-minded women across the world to advance the Soroptimist goals educating, empowering and enabling women and girls, wherever they may be.
Thank you for visiting our website. If you would like to find out more about the things we do, please have a look through our many project pages and reports. And if you feel you’d like to join us in rising to the challenge of supporting women and girls both at home and across the world, please do get in touch with our membership secretary. We would love you to meet you!
Jane