Loans & Project Grants Funded by UWD
Following is a summary of the loans and projects that the UWD has funded by year.
Loans
2018
- Honduras – group – Puerto Lempira Cafeteria
- Honduras – individual – Secretarial Service
- South Africa – individual – Outlet for Women’s Crafts
- Western Tanzania – individual – Taxi Service
- Western Tanzania – individual – Sewing Business
2014
No loans were granted in 2014.
2013
- Honduras – Individual Loan – Tires for Transportation Bus
- Zambia – Lending Circle Loan – Fishing
- Zambia – Lending Circle Loans (2 of them) – Farming
2012
- Tanzania (Lake Tanganyika Province) – Individual loan – sewing school
(click for more information) - Zambia – Lending Circle Loan – enclosure for hammermill
Projects
2018
- Tanzania – All-Africa Women’s Conference
- Cuba – VAW Conference
- Suriname – Seminar for Pastor’s Wives and Training for PCs
2014
- Albania – Funds reserved for a women’s education and training program (remaining funds are being raised)
- Honduras – Funds for Provincial Coordinator to visit 2 new areas to introduce the UWD
- Nicaragua – Funds to purchase basic office supplies for a women’s organizational meeting
- South Africa – Provincial Coordinator training
- Tanzania (Southwestern Province) – AIDS education programs
- Tanzania (Western Province) – Funds for Advisory Board member to travel to the Western Tanzania Women’s Conference
- Tanzania (Western Province) – Funds to support the Western Tanzania Women’s Conference
- U.S. Northern & Southern Provinces and Tanzania – Stipends for participating professors working on a domestic violence course
2013
- Honduras – Health care kits (UWD facilitated collection/transportation of donated items)
- Honduras – Layettes of Love (UWD facilitated collection/transportation of donated items)
- Honduras – Medical charts for health care classes (UWD facilitated collection/transportation of donated items)
- U.S. Northern & Southern Provinces and Tanzania – Stipends for participating professors working on a domestic violence course
2012
- Cuba – Funds to support the first Cuban Women’s Conference
- Sierra Leone – School lunches for 3 children attending secondary school
- Tanzania – Women Secretaries Training Seminars (for women who also serve as Provincial Coordinators)
2011
- Tanzania – T-shirts for first all-Tanzania Women’s Conference