1. ASSOCIATED COUNTRY WOMEN OF THE WORLD
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2. Projects Anniversary Appeal
1977
ACWW Projects Committee founded after 15th Triennial Conference
in Nairobi 80
Countries have received funding from ACWW since the Projects Committee was
founded
More than
£2.5 million
has been awarded
in project funding across the globe
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3. Projects Anniversary Appeal
CASE
STUDY PROJECT 1015
Art Therapy in Romania: Women’s Association from Sibiu
Example Project Costs:
£3 buys a pack of quilling paper or card
£10 buys an assortment of wooden decorations
£15 buys a set of 10 wooden frames to decorate
£30 buys a silicon glue gun
£50 buys a quilling set
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4. Project 1000 23 Projects Anniversary Appeal Project 1029 2016
was approved in 2015
Providing IT skills for young women in
India 23
Final Reports
from completed projects were
received in
2016
Projects
Anniversary
Appeal
Project
1029
received funding
confirmation in
March 2017
2016
17 new projects
were funded by the Committee
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5. total beneficiaries reached by projects completed in2016
2016 Projects Impact
17 new projects were approved for funding by the Committee in 2016, and final reports received from 23 Organisations, containing valuable information about the impact that ACWW project funding has had in the past year.
142,375
total beneficiaries reached by projects completed in2016
91,187
women
15,295 children
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6. 2016 Projects Impact 7 5 4 4 2 1 Water & Sanitation Health Education
Education & Capacity Building 4
Income Generation 4
Agricultural Training & Development
Nutrition & Home Economics 2 1
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7. 2016 Projects Impact and the SDGs
Water & Sanitation
7 Projects in 6 Countries
16,553 Beneficiaries
Education & Capacity Building
4 Projects in 4 Countries
13,204 Beneficiaries
Income Generation
4 Projects in 2 Countries
342 Beneficiaries
Agricultural Training / Nutrition & Home Economics
3 Projects in 3 Countries
406 Beneficiaries
Health Education
5 Projects in 2 Countries
111,870 Beneficiaries
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8. (1 in 9) are undernourished
2016 Projects Impact
ACWW Project funding plays a significant part in our commitment to reducing global hunger. As part of our reporting procedures, data is gathered and fed back through the Zero Hunger Challenge and other mechanisms to the United Nations, Food & Agriculture Organisation and other international bodies.
795 million
people in the world
(1 in 9) are undernourished
June 2015
ACWW signs the
Zero Hunger
Challenge
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9. ASSOCIATED COUNTRY WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Donations to the Projects Anniversary Appeal or via Project Adoption will ensure that ACWW is able to continue with this essential woman-to-woman funding in the years ahead
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