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Rubia Inc, PO Box 1644, Manchester, NH 03105Annual Appeal:
December 20, 2012
"These [Threads of Change] classes not only provided me the chance to become aware of my rights and what is happening in other worlds, but also let me share my ideas. This is the first time in life that I was asked about my opinion as a woman on an issue. Due to these classes, I worked hard on not letting my daughter Humaira be married until she completes 12th grade. Before the classes, my husband did not understand her right to education and would have forced her to marry at a younger age.” Marjana, Karizak village, Afghanistan
Dear Friends,
Marjana’s story is inspirational. Even in a remote village in Afghanistan, when given the gift of empowerment, mothers can transform their daughters’ lives. This is unusual in her native Farah province, where traditional gender norms and low female literacy prevent women from practicing their basic rights. With high poverty and unemployment in Farah province, more families marry their daughters off early. 40% of girls marry before their 14th birthday. According to our Afghan partner, Humanitarian Organization for Local Development (HOLD), older men are now paying up to $15,000 for child brides.
Rubia offers an alternative to early marriage: education and economic opportunity.
Our innovative “Threads of Change (TOC)” curriculum combines education in human rights, health and hygiene with refinement of women’s marketable embroidery skills.
Women learn to stitch images promoting hand-washing, vaccinating children, women’s rights, girls’ education, and ending child marriage while participating in guided discussions of these lessons. They are sewing durable Threads of Change.
Over the past three years, 700 women have completed ToC. Your support for Rubia makes achievements like Humaira’s education possible. Please help us to transform the lives of 1000 more illiterate women by 2015.
Give the gift of dignity that follows literacy and livelihoods training. Please make a tax-deductible donation below. Many thanks for your generosity.
Warmest wishes for a joyful holiday,
Catherine A. Rielly, Executive Director
"Women Reading and Writing ," Threads of Change