Here in the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November.  It is a time for friends and family to gather and to celebrate what has made us thankful over the last year.  For all of us at Join My Village in Malawi and the US, this includes you, our wonderful supporters.  Thanks to you, girls like Alice and Rhoda have a stronger future ahead of them.  Thanks to you, new businesses are being formed in villages all around Kasungu.  Thanks to...
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This month the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Violence is something that will always leave a mark in the hearts of everybody who has been affected by it. Kasungu district, where the Join My Village project works, is nicknamed ‘the Golden Leaf Town’ because it is where much of Malawi’s tobacco crops are grown. In agricultural districts like Kasungu, violence come in different shapes which affects most women and our future women, our girls! Women work hard in...
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Chiyanjano is a Village Savings and Loans Association which, like Join My Village, is on a mission supporting both boys and girls in their community.This group has gone beyond their mandate of personal savings and loans to use their improved financial skills to save additional money to support needy children in their community. Last month the Chiyanjano Association gave personal basic needs to 23 students at Chalowa primary school. An indicator of what a significant effort this is can be seen by the fact that...
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MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 15,  2011) – Join My Village today announced a new partnership with Naomi Tutu, long-time race and gender equality advocate and daughter of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Tutu will serve as an ambassador for Join My Village through speaking opportunities and appearances in 2011 and 2012. As an innovative, online social change initiative facilitated by the humanitarian organization CARE with financial support from General Mills and Merck, Join My Village seeks to empower women and girls in the developing world. Tutu’s life experiences,...
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Join My Village was proud to be a sponsor at Variety's Power of Women event on September 23rd. The full press release for the event is included below.Variety to Honor Hollywood's Most Philanthropic and Influential Women at the 3rd Annual Variety's Power of Women Luncheon Presented by LifetimeSeptember 23 Honorees Include: ANNETTE BENING, MARY J. BLIGE, EVA LONGORIA, LEA MICHELE, STACEY SNIDER, OLIVIA WILDE; ADAM SHANKMAN to emcee Variety is pleased to announce the line-up for their third-annual Variety’s Power of Women luncheon at the...
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