Daily Life,Featured!,Main Content,Program Updates 22 February 2011

Our “Passport to Africa” gala this past October featured Sister Ernestine Akulu, who joined us all the way from Uganda to share her thoughts about the progress and development happening within the communities.  It was such a gift to have this amazing “warrior for the vulnerable” in our midst.
When she …

 Daily Life,Empowerment,Project Justice,Project Universal Education,The Girl Power Project 21 January 2011

Of the major issues facing women in South Africa, the Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize says the focus should be on illiteracy, poverty, rape and violence.
At a recent meeting organized by the Women’s Justice and Empowerment Initiative the deputy minister said government  “set targets for reducing the …

 Daily Life,Featured!,Main Content,Program Updates,The Girl Power Project,Women 11 January 2011

It’s been a BIG year for JLMC! Below are five things my team and I are most proud of (and a pic of just a few of us):

From Left to Right: Program Director, Tessa Davis; Country Director, Dena Lewerke; Founder, Vivian Glyck; Operations Coordinator, Ruthie Espanol.

1) The …

 Children,Daily Life,Featured!,Human Rights,Project Justice,The Girl Power Project 7 January 2011

In a previous blog, “Why Create The Girl Power Project”  we were thrilled to report that The Girl Power Project is making massive headway in rooting out cases of sexual abuse against girls, and empowering entire communities to stand up and protect their children.  Unfortunately, what we learned while doing …

 Daily Life,Main Content,Program Updates 4 January 2011

When I became a mother in 2002, the value of one human life became more apparent to me than ever before. My child opened my heart in ways that I had never imagined. The suffering of one child, not to mention millions of children, simply became intolerable to me.
Then I …