Partnership with Circle Of Women
Circle of Women: Reach and Teach Across Borders was founded in 2006 as a nonprofit organization to promote education for girls in the developing world through collaborative school building projects. Its mission is to equip girls with self-reliance, knowledge, and increased capacities to both enhance their own lives and to become active, contributing members of their changing societies. Circle of Women also raises public awareness about these girls’ education and interests to facilitate a global exchange of information and resources. If you are interested in contributing either human or financial resources to Circle of Women we encourage you to visit their website, http://www.circleofwomen.org, or email an inquiry to info@circleofwomen.org. If you have a question for Circle of Women’s contact with Omprakash please email nick@omprakash.org.
Circle of Women created a partnership with Omprakash in July, 2008. The partnership was created in light of shared goals and similar efforts at the proliferation of education. Like Omprakash, Circle of Women believes that the world houses an increasingly global community, which features a circle of exchange: exchange through dialogue, through support, through actions, through admiration, and through understanding. Circle of Women strives to create a channel for positive cross-cultural exchange. Therefore, they look to find both financial and volunteer support through the Omprakash network.
Need for Volunteers:
Circle of Women is looking for volunteers who are interested in its cause and who are looking to help add momentum to the organization and its goals. Volunteers can get involved through the Circumference Program by starting a new Circle of Women project, starting a Circle of Women branch, or supporting Circle of Women’s existing programs. You can support an existing program by volunteering your time, sharing your network, or by sharing your ideas, expertises, or resouces. If you are interested joining the circle, please contact info@circleofwomen.org to learn more about its Circumference Program.
Circle of Women is looking for financial support for the construction and maintenance of the Wonkhai School in Afghanistan and the subsequent education to girls that it will provide. “Project Wonkhai” is Circle of Women’s first project. It involves the construction of a 600-person girls’ school and a health clinic, the maintenance of school supplies, and the support of supplemental salaries for teachers in Wonkhai, Afghanistan. In total, the project will cost $115,000. Fahima Vorgetts, a board member of Women for Afghan Women, collaborates with Circle of Women by serving as an in-country contractor during frequent trips between the US and Afghanistan.
$ 15 buys a blackboard for a classroom.
$ 20 pays the lead teacher’s salary for one month or buys 15 textbooks.
$ 50 buys 150 desks.
$ 100 covers the cost of educating one girl for one year or buys access to healthcare for 10 girls on the school site.
$ 200 covers the annual cost of bus transportation for the girls or the training of one teacher.
$ 600 buys lunch for all the girls for one day.
$ 1000 buys the school supplies for all 600 students for one year.
$5,000 covers the cost of an electrical power generator and internet access.
$15,000 covers the construction costs of a women’s healthcare clinic.