We added one new member this meeting and spread the word to many more. Some of the giving girls will join our efforts online.
Our giving opportunity this time will help Sharafniso, a 35 year old divorced woman in Tajikistan seeking a loan on kiva.org for a retail business.
http://www.kiva.org/lend/341799
See www.tajikistananddeliver.blogspot.com for pictures of Tajikistan and the women there.
It has been estimated that 300,000 women in Tajikistan are abandoned by their husbands who travel to Russia as migrant workers and don't return, divorcing their wives over the phone in accordance with Muslim and Tajik law or simply stopping all contact. This leaves women and children with no means of support, especially in rural areas, where living conditions can be mud huts with no running water or electricity. Many women in Tajikistan have become the heads of their households and communities.
http://www.iom.tj/projects_facilitating_legal.htm
