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Empowerment Of Women

One of our main objectives in SHARE is to help the rapidly increasing numbers of women widowed by AIDS as well as other groups of women who have organized themselves to take care of the children orphaned by AIDS.

We help their agricultural projects by providing bulls, ploughs, fencing and planting material, and seeds and trees for reforestation.

We are starting a program of solar cooking and water pasteurization with the promise of a large solar baking oven as an incentive to learning proper methods. This will give the women the freedom to pursue other money-making ventures, and aid in improving the health and financial management of their communities. They can also help in the education as well as healthcare at home. As women are freed from the drudgery of the past they can better their standard of living and join with the men in making the political decisions that influence their lives.