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http://ajws.org/where_we_work/africa/uganda/support_initiative_for_people_with_congenital_disorders_sipd.html 143834007 AJWS Supports Julius Kaggwa and the LGBTI Community in Uganda YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j2z2-z19og 9j2z2-z19og 16_9
http://ajws.org/where_we_work/asia/burma/shan_youth_power.html 5539679 Shan Youth Power YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScoKSp52r4 5ScoKSp52r4 16_9
http://ajws.org/where_we_work/americas/dominican_republic/movimiento_de_mujeres_dominico_haitiana_mudha.html 14749425 AJWS grantees in the Dominican Republic respond to the crisis in Haiti YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OSQ9oHPwk k4OSQ9oHPwk 16_9

Following the earthquake in Haiti, AJWS grantees mobilized caravans to bring aid from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. They were among the first responders bringing aid across the border into Port-au-Prince and neighboring affected areas.

http://ajws.org/where_we_work/africa/kenya/centre_for_rights_education_creaw.html 23834031 Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgVdagVr7XE XgVdagVr7XE 16_9

Ann Njogu, the executive director of Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)—an AJWS grantee—has been instrumental in building CREAW as an organizational leader in eradicating sexual and gender-based violence to help Kenya become a country that actualizes womens rights, increases womens access to legal education and trauma counseling, and sustains a national peace-building process.

AJWS recognizes the powerful potential of girls to effect social change in the developing world and is providing long-term support to grassroots organizations that focus on girls’ empowerment, providing girls with access to educational, health and economic resources.

AJWS joins the Girl Effect in its pursuit of the powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate.

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