SOFERES

SOFERES is supporting communities to adopt and using sustainable energy including solar energy, energy saving stoves solar driers and Biogas... The Solidarity of Refugee Women for the social Welfare (SOFERES) is a women-led, volunteer-based, not-for-profit, non-govermmental charty organization of women and girls from diverse backgrounds including young women and girls living with disabilities, widows, women living with HIV, and women with no income. It was founded in 2013 by a group of refugee women and girls living in Dzaleka Camp, survivors of various civil wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Somalia who have experienced different forms of gender-based violence, exploitation and abuse in their families and communities. As refugee ourselves, we created SOFERES as a solution to the challenges women and girl face in the camp. We start a positive cycle in which refugee women and girls are considered not as simple recipients of services and support, but as..

Primary location: Dowa Malawi