Featured Initiative
Hero Women Rising
Hero Women Rising works to improve the conditions in which women and adolescent girls live in South Kivu province, eastern D.R. Congo.
Hero Women Rising works to improve the conditions in which women and adolescent girls live in South Kivu province, eastern D.R. Congo.
MCN Foundation supports Hero Women Rising's work in Bukavu and across South Kivu. The organization uses education and technology to amplify women's voices, teach women and girls to advocate for their rights and for the natural environment, build economic capacity, and support other community grassroots women's organizations.
"I am not interested in making a little noise, I'm looking to change the paradigm!"
Programs
Hero Women Rising's work includes programs focused on education, peacebuilding, technology access, environmental restoration, and economic opportunity:
- Keeping Girls in School
- Girl Ambassadors for Peace
- Girls' School in Itombwe
- Technology and Transformation
- Planting Trees
- Ability and Economy
- Scholarships
MCN Foundation is proud to be a partner of and provide support to Hero Women Rising.