Empower Ugandan Women through Mantle of Hope

Aaron Perry is organizing this fundraiser to benefit Y on Earth Community.

Tax deductible

Founded by Y on Earth Community Ambassador and Global Advisory Board Member Sarah Arao, Mantle of Hope is a bright light in Uganda, Africa that provides women, girls, and boys a variety of life-skills education, environmental stewardship training, and personal and community support.

Specifically, Mantle of Hope supports survivors of sex-trafficking and childhood marriage by providing safe harbor, personal support, and training in sewing and other livelihood skills. Under Sarah Arao's leadership, these resilient women and girls also give back by sewing sanitary pads for other young women in their communities so that their menstrual cycles don't interfere with their school attendance and prospects for future independence.

Additionally, the organization trains boys and young men in environmentally-friendly construction practices, and trains all of its participants in tree-planting and other ecological restoration activities.

For more information, see the Y on Earth Community Podcast interview with Sarah Arao and Aaron Perry (Episode 154).

To Date, Sarah Arao and Mantle of Hope have:

Provided 1,520 young women with sanitary menstrual pads in 10 rural schools (made by seamstresses in the program)
Empowered 250 young women and young men with sewing, hairdressing, and green-building skills-training
Provided over 900 girls and boys with mental health training and support
Planted over 5,000 trees
Provided over 50 women safe refuge and recovery support after fleeing child-marriage and/or sex trafficking

Your donation will help Mantle of Hope provide even more services and positive life-changing impact to more girls, boys, and women, by funding the purchase of:

50 heavy duty manual sewing machines
2 heavy duty electrical sewing machines
1 over lock machine
1 baby lock machine
2 inter locking machine
2 button pressing machines
a variety of scissors, thread, machine oil, and other tailoring accessories (along with periodic machine maintenance), and
a supply of fabric for training and production