Cocktails for a Cause Event!

Washington, DC

About Me: Women Helping Women is a membership group comprised of socially conscious women in the Washington, DC metro area. We plan and implement fundraising events to benefit projects that will impact the global community.

From an early age, children in Cloetesville, South Africa are forced to struggle with poverty, violence, and abandonment. Currently, over a third of Cloetesville’s residents are unemployed and have resorted to living in over-crowded informal housing. These living conditions have spurred the widespread occurrence of substance abuse, domestic violence, and HIV among Cloetesville’s families. As a result, children from Cloetesville are often exposed to abuse and neglect. Women Helping Women, a philanthropy group in Washington DC, has committed to change the lives of these children by pledging to raise $2,600 and provide six Cloetesville children with an alternative – a loving home where they can receive the care they need to thrive. Women Helping Women will be working directly with the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and Home for Home to build a foster home, demonstrating the power of women to work together and take action to better the lives of families in need. All donations raised through their fundraising efforts will support the purchase, set-up and operations of a three-bedroom foster home in Cloetesville. In addition, the funds raised will fully support the foster home’s operations for two years including school fees, uniforms, and supplies for the children! By helping to create a stable, family-like environment, Women Helping Women will ensure six South African children receive the love and care they need to grow and become successful adults.

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