<div>Dear friends, colleagues and supporters of Together Women Can and WaWa Kenya!
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<div>Today we need your support to <strong>cover the treatment costs for 14 young women diagnosed with cervical cancer</strong>.
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<div>We would like to give you an update on the achievements and challenges of our <strong>ongoing project in Homa Bay County, Kenya</strong>. This project was supported by Boehringer Ingelheim and is a collaborative effort between <strong>Together Women Can</strong> (TWC: <a href="https://togetherwomencan.co/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://togetherwomencan.co/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://togetherwomencan.co/</a></a>) and our local partner <strong>WaWa Kenya</strong> (<a href="https://www.wawakenya.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.wawakenya.org/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.wawakenya.org/</a></a>). The project combines the <strong>missions of TWC - cervical cancer prevention through cervical screening and HPV vaccinations - and of WaWa - stop sex-for-fish practices by empowering women and girls around lake Victoria regions.</strong>
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<div>Over the past 13 months, we have <strong>vaccinated more than 1,100 girls against HPV and screened 990 women for cervical cancer.</strong> Unfortunately, <strong>18 young women, who are mothers to an average of 4 children, </strong>with <strong>80% </strong>of them being<strong> HIV positive, </strong>were <strong>diagnosed with cervical cancer</strong>. As of now, we have managed to treat 4 of these women and give them a second chance at life. Today we need <strong>your support to cover the treatment costs for the remaining 14 cervical cancer patients and save their lives</strong>.
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<div>Our ultimate goal is not only to treat diagnosed women, but<strong> uplift selected families from poverty by including them in our economic empowerment program</strong>. This aspect of our project aims to <strong>establish a sustainable chicken farm which will provide long-term financing for women's training programs</strong>. These programs are intended to offer <strong>alternatives to the horrible sex-for-fish practice</strong> which is prevalent in Homa Bay. We built a farm for 1,500 hens including stable, office and training buildings. So far, 150 women have received training in financial literacy and entrepreneurship. <strong>Your support will contribute to making the farm self-sustainable </strong>with the possibility of upscaling the egg production.
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<div>We urgently need to secure the <strong>treatment for our cervical cancer patients</strong>! The cost of cervical cancer treatment for one woman is approximately 3,000 €. If just 30 people were to donate 100 € each, this would save one woman’s life. Please consider your donation a generous and impactful Christmas gift for women in need. <strong>Help us reach our goal of 20,000 € for acute and critical cancer treatment and for the empowerment program!</strong>
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<div><strong>Asante sana - thanks a lot!</strong>
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<div>For German donors: For tax return the tax office accepts the account documentation of the donor for donations up to 300 € as "vereinfachter Spendennachweis" in case of donations for non-profit organizations.
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