CAN Aoteroa's Women's Projects have been designed to lift women and their families from the social and environmental impacts of poverty.
Wellington
We see the connection between empowered women and climate regeneration. We also want to improve the lives of women and their families whose very existence has been a struggle. By improving their education in agricultural practice, by encouraging them to keep their families (especially their daughters in school) and by providing a hand to lift them into sustainable farming we see that these women will work collectively to solve the problems they face in their communities. Educated and resourced women have less children, stand up against child marriage, and have a respected say in the decision making in their communities. They find solutions together. They will stay on their land if they can farm it productively and regeneratively and keep their families from the flight to cities where increased carbon emissions are generated. Watch Katherine Wilkinson's Ted talk in which she makes abundantly clear the need for gender equity as we work together to stop global warming. https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_wilkinson_how_empowering_women_and_girls_can_help_stop_global_warming
CAN stands for Common Action in Nepal. We became involved when I visited in 2015 after the devastating earthquakes. We listened to what the women needed. Can Aotearoa, together with CASD Nepal transforms the lives of ethnic caste women and their families.
In 2015 I went to Nepal to help after the earthquake. I went to provide therapy for children who had been terribly impacted by the loss of their homes, their schools and family members. It changed my life for the better. I found something so wonderful to be a part of. I was so moved by the courage of the women that I wanted to find a way to help longterm. Now I work with CASD Nepal and established the charity, CAN Aotearoa as a partner to them.
We use funds for micro loans to very poor and marginalised Nepali women. Some times these loans are used to buy seed or stock or agricultural tools. Women also collaborate to access safe drinking water for their communities.
Can Aotearoa launch a new project 24 July 2023
We are going to put a teacher into a primary school so rural it only educates children until they are 12. They will stay until the are 14, rather than dropping out of school and being faced with back-breaking farm work or the threat of child marriage. Together we will pay the salary and will provide the resources ( computers and Video camera ) to bring the world and the possibility of secondary education to a new generation of Nepali Children. We are spreading the impact of education and bringing hope to the children and their families. We continue to provide micro loans to the women of the area.
I will do. I’m always amazed by your love. I hope I see you again. Thank you for yr generosity. I love you too. V
You just keep on loving me. I am amazed by yr friendship. Thank you.
You are a star! I appreciate how supportive you always are. To me snd to our Nepali friends snd family.
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