President’s Annual December 10 Appeal

Every year, on Human Rights Day (December 10) the President of Soroptimist International selects a project that provides direct assistance to women in extreme need.

The 2007 project was about restoring dignity; supporting the work of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital.  The 2008 project will be announced later in the year.

Past projects have provided:

• aid for refugees in camps in Malaysia;
• protection and help for women AIDS sufferers in Uganda and the Ukraine;
• scholarships for girls in Mongolia and Rwanda;
• vocational training programmes and shelter for vulnerable women and children in Paraguay;
• education and nutrition for abandoned children in Vietnam;
• malaria protection for pregnant women and young children in Benin, West Africa;
• enhanced access to education for girls in impoverished areas of Pakistan.