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News from the 4th SIFAF conference

Photo: The SIFAF Conference poster News from 4th SIFAF conference co-authored by Mary Muia, SIFAF President, Task Force Chair, and member of SI Karen Blixen Club of Nairobi Kenya, and Wanda Peters, SI Public Relations 2017-2019. With 1788 members in 27 countries on the African continent, SIFAF, the Soroptimist International Future

Soroptimist Nordic Leadership Academy 2017

by Johanna Richardsson Lead Image: Nordic Soroptimists discussing the SNLA concept with SI President Yvonne Simpson, Sofia, Bulgaria. "We have something really good going on in the Nordic countries and we would like to share it with you. As you all know Soroptimists have a mission to Educate to Lead

Syria ‘Back to School’

In the past two years, SI has reported on the wonderful work of the Dutch Soroptimists and the Soroptimist/UNICEF project Syria 'Back to School'. Thanks to their astonishing hard work, since 2014 they have collected more than € 500,000 which has been used to help build 22 classrooms and 11 container

The Red Beanies Thunder Dragon Project

Pamela Fruin, SI Fremantle, Western Australia, writes a blog on The Red Beanies Thunder Dragon Project for Nuns and Disadvantaged Women and Girls in Bhutan. "Why Bhutan and why beanies? A Nun chanting with prayer wheel and mala, Shedra Tang Bebzur Bumthang Nunnery Bhutan, high in the Himalayas had been

I want to build a school

I want to build a school. A blog by Sian Kent, SI Bangor and District in North Wales. “I want to build a school" – these were words spoken by Albert Mwansa (a local teacher), as he stood on a bare hill overlooking the village of Mkushi in Central Province,

SIE partners with My Book Buddy to Combat Illiteracy

Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE), the largest Federation of SI, will partner with the Dutch organization, My Book Buddy (MBB), to provide disadvantaged women and girls with greater access to books in a joint effort to combat illiteracy. SIE President Maria Elisabetta de Franciscis says: "We are pleased to announce

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