Empowering Youth to Adapt to Climate Change
August 17, 2018
Partner Profile: Kampuchea Women’s Welfare Action (KWWA) Kampuchea Women’s Welfare Action (KWWA) is Pangea Giving’s newest partner in Cambodia. For 25 years, they have worked to improve the welfare of women, children, and vulnerable communities. Over the years, this work has included public health programs focused on family planning, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, and sanitation; capacity building for local farmers including the introduction of new agricultural technology; and projects focused on increasing women’s participation in local governance. Recently, KWWA has turned its attention to climate change. Cambodia is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. Rising temperatures, more...[ Read More ]
Ibrahim’s Story – Tanzania
August 6, 2018
Ibrahim was born in December 2008, the fifth child of his parents. When his father died, his mother remarried and went to live with her new husband leaving Ibrahim and his siblings in their home in the care of his then 15-year old brother. After Ibrahim’s mother died from complications related to childbirth, their maternal grandmother began to take care of the orphaned children. Life was very hard for them. To make matters even more challenging, Ibrahim is deaf. TADEC identified Ibrahim in 2014. Ibrahim was enrolled in TADEC’s hands-on Family Empowerment Program. Volunteers visited him at home as part...[ Read More ]