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.

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.

See AJWS in action around the globe; meet AJWS grantees and volunteers on the ground; hear from AJWS President Ruth Messinger.

Ethiopia native brings free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of children in his homeland.

PLAs mission is to promote rights awareness for vulnerable and marginalized workers. The organization advocates for work-based rights as an essential and integral element of poverty eradication, emphasizing the principles of democracy and good governance for improved livelihoods and productivity.