Women Make Change: Our Big Give Christmas Challenge is coming!

We are excited to share that in 2022 we will be launching a brand new project working with Women Changemakers in Sierra Leone.

We’ll work with rural women living on less than £1.40 a day to earn a living with backyard vegetable farming and soap making. Along the way they’ll also learn business skills, literacy and numeracy, and gain an understanding of their rights, paving the way to a better life for their whole community.

We’re asking our friends, supporters and networks to be part of this project with The Big Give Christmas Challenge!

From Tuesday 30th November-Tuesday 7th December, all donations to support Women Changemakers through our Big Give campaign page will be DOUBLED by match funders.

The small businesses these women start will bring food sources and soap that will reduce hunger and improve health and hygiene for everyone.

With our support, these women will start their own businesses bringing new food sources and soap supplies to the community, which will reduce hunger and improve health and hygiene for everyone.

Earning a living of their own

Our training will give women the tools and skills to earn an income. Women often invest this in their families, helping their children go to school.

Businesses that benefit everyone

With our support, these women will start their own businesses bringing new food sources and soap supplies to the community, which will reduce hunger and improve health and hygiene for everyone.

Women lead lasting change

We’ll work with women to build their confidence and independence, so they can be part of decision-making, claim their rights and lead wider change.

The women we will work with will be part of 48% of women in Sierra Leone who live on less than £1.40 per day.

As women, they face barriers and discrimination that can prevent them from earning their own income.

As women, they are also uniquely placed to be powerful changemakers.

Many of them are responsible for taking care of the household and providing food for their children, and when they have an income of their own, their families often see improvements in nutrition, health, and children’s access to education.

Every £1 you give will become £2 for Women Changemakers

From Tuesday 30th November-Tuesday 7th December, all donations to support Women Changemakers through our Big Give campaign page will be DOUBLED by match funders.

Donate £8.50 = £17

which could fund a soap-making workshop and supplies for a woman to start a soap business, improving hygiene and protecting health in their community.

Donate £25 = £50

which could educate a woman in literacy and numeracy so that she can sign her own name, manage her own money and help her children with schoolwork.

Donate £134 = £268

which could set up a seedbank hut with tools and seeds so that women can grow climate-smart crops to feed their families and sell the excess.

How to support Women Changemakers

To join forces with women in Sierra Leone and support them to lead their households out of poverty, you can donate to our campaign page when it goes live on Tuesday 30th November at midday until Tuesday 7th December at midday.

You can also receive a reminder on the day straight to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter. Simply fill in your name and email below and receive a reminder when The Big Give launches, plus more information about the project in Sierra Leone and Action on Poverty’s work.