Winnie0123

Thanks for asking. Many developing countries have the misconception of women being lesser because women in those countries have no education, no work, thus no financial contribution.

Our idea is that if we can give women an opportunity to start right livelihood projects to support their families by providing them with education, these women will become the breadwinner to a family. So the whole family becomes stronger and healthier. Her sons will treat other women equally by looking up to his mother and sisters. And the family will benefit from economic growth as well. To promote the education of girls and women is so essential in the struggle against poverty and malnutrition.

For example, in India, we partner Oxfam India. The project, funded entirely by us, aims to improve the food and livelihood security of women farmers in 25 villages, including five core villages, in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The goal of the project is to contribute to increased resilience and income of smallholder women farmers. Through the program, women farmers obtain increased access to government schemes and inputs and learn climate resilient practices for improved agricultural output. The project area is populated primarily by marginalized Dalit and poorly educated and landless people. Five farmers’ field schools (FFS) have been established in strategic locations to accelerate the spread of improved agricultural practices. This year 75 women farmers groups are being trained in different climate resilient practices to maximize production. The training is being provided in a cascade model by which 75 women farmers (one from each group) will become qualified as master trainers. Further, a women farmers’ collective of 1180 farmers has been formed in the project area, to be strengthened and supported for the establishment of a local market to sell their produce.

https://www.buddhistglobalrelief.org/index.php/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=203

We see many women have gained respect from their families and communities after they show the economic contribution. However, like your concern, there is still a big pushback and it takes generations to change a social perspective.

Social workers do help because they directly interact with the locals, understand their difficulties, and connect them to the necessary resources such as applying for loans. We also offer agriculture training to women farmers. You may be interested in our project stories.

Thanks for the comment. It is because all of us is running as volunteering based and we can only contribute our efforts outside our job. I will acknowledge the related volunteers to update the statement.

And, it is tough to run a small non-profit in NYC because of the expensive living standard. I know many small volunteering based charities in NYC have dissolved. From my experience in non-profits, it is because small non-profits are lack of the resources/ knowledge of social media.

We can still manage to survive with our seeds planted years ago. However, we are striving but receiving more sponsorship applications ever than before and trying to help as many people as we could. But like you mentioned, we have very limited resources.

I hope this tread will draw support and awareness from the fellow Redditors on small non-profits. Thanks very much!

Thanks for the question. We so far only work with local communities, especially the very small village in very remote areas which is not covered by any aid. We want to let the locals to spread the knowledge and to improve the community. Some girls in poor villages became social workers through our sponsorship, so they can help to push the local governments.