Peter Brook, WOMA’s No 1 fundraiser, is taking to his bike again this weekend to cycle 100k around the Isle of Wight for WOMA!  Peter’s been cycling for WOMA for the past five years since WOMA was launched and has singlehandedly raised more than £10,000 enabling us to train more than 25 women in Uganda.  It would ease his pain if you could spare a few pounds to sponsor him via his justgivng page. http://www.justgiving.com/PETER-BROOK-2011  Or better still think of something you can do to raise funds for WOMA!

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We write to you at the end of a year which has seen WOMA reach a new milestone – we have now recruited more than 50 women to take part in our sponsored training programmes!

As we write this, six more Ugandan women have been selected to attend the Namasuba College in Kampala, while in Kenya a new training bursary has enabled Florence to begin her tailoring and fashion design course at the prestigious Buru Buru School of Arts.

We have benefited from having Karen “on the ground” in Africa, and she has been able to find out first hand how the training courses have helped the women to develop skills and make themselves infinitely more secure financially.

In August, she went to Kampala to meet some of the tailoring graduates.
Estha Nabunya is now employed making school uniforms and doing basic repairs, while Teddy Nabakooza has ventured into the traditional garment market.
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You can see the latest WOMA photos by going to the photo galleries page and clicking on the “WOMA Women 2010″. To see the names of the people in the photos click on “show picture list”, then click on to the individual photos.

To all our supporters and friends,

Thank you once again for another terrific year of fundraising for WOMA.

WOMA PARTY – SEPTEMBER ’09

We were delighted to see so many of you at our party at the Sugar Lounge in North London in September. Many of you commented on the terrific atmosphere there, and it really was a very special night for us – we made nearly £1,000 thanks to your generous contributions.

Our parties are always enhanced by the entertainment provided by musicians and singers who volunteer their services in support of WOMA.

At this party we enjoyed a splendid selection of differing cross-cultural mix of musical styles – covering acapella singing, West African Kora playing, and South African soul (delivered by the inimitable Doreen Thobekile, who had launched her album “London Zulu” at WOMA’s first party back in 2005).

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2009 has got off to a great start for WOMA, because Karen was able to visit Kampala to meet our new recruits there, along with our dear friends from NGEN +, our Ugandan partners. We pay tribute to them once again for their hard work in identifying women in need, and ensuring that their training goes smoothly.

TAILORING COURSES

At the end of last year twelve women began their tailoring course at Namasuba college which is situated about four miles from the centre of Kampala . It’s a very unassuming “no frills” place, but what it offers is very impressive. The college has designed a course especially for WOMA, which gives the women the flexibility that they need to balance their family commitments with their training programme.
By Easter all 12 will have completed their training in basic tailoring skills and been given the tools required to set up their own businesses – meaning that nearly 40 women will have been trained by WOMA since we started our operations! It goes without saying that we couldn’t have done this without your support – thanks!

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Dear Friends,We hope this letter finds you well, and trust that 2007 has been a happy and healthy year for you and yours?

It certainly has been an extraordinary year for WOMA, and we would like to thank you wholeheartedly for your continued support, as the charity grows from strength to strength.

FUND-RAISING

Once again you have excelled in raising money through personal donations and sponsored events. Many people have generously given up their precious free time training for marathons, half marathons and cycling events.

We also held an excellent fund-raising evening in May at The London Lighthouse. The cross-cultural mood was set by our resident DJ Ritu spinning her unique blend of world music tunes in the ambient surroundings which our friends at the Terrence Higgins Trust generously made available to us.

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