This month, 600 women gathered under a huge blue-and-yellow-striped tent in Baripada, a small city in Odisha, a state in India’s east. They were among India’s most neglected people. Widowed, abandoned or divorced, many had ended up living like servants in the households of their fathers, brothers or in-laws.
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“Three thousand five hundred more girls are in school in a wonderful building because of dedicated people in Seattle,” says the executive director of Sahar.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ginna Brelsford
What do you do? I’m the executive director of Sahar, an international nonprofit [based in Seattle] that provides access to education for girls and women in Afghanistan.
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Global Washington member World Bicycle Relief was recognized by Fast Company when it announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2016, honoring leading enterprises and rising newcomers that exemplify the best in nimble business and impactful innovation. Joining global nonprofit World Bicycle Relief in The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa are M-PESA, TotoHealth, Samsung Electronics, African Leadership University and more.
In the developing world, distance prevents children from attending school, the sick from receiving care, and entrepreneurs from earning enough to feed their families. World Bicycle Relief builds and distributes specially designed, Read More “World Bicycle Relief Named One of The Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2016 in Africa”