Shifting Ideas Through Education for African Women, Inc. (SITEAW, INC.)

  Welcome

SITEAW, INC., is a non profit organization 501(c)3 founded in 2004 in Indianapolis, Indiana. We are dedicated to helping empower women and children, especially girls in order to give them a second chance in life. We do this through education and other empowering
activities and skills. 

Sabina (Director) with a little Sabiny girl

Crafts by Women in Uganda

 
Director, SITEAW Central Uganda

SITEAW Women Kisubi Brach show their crafts

Thank you SITEAW for
giving us a second chance
 

   The Global Women of the Church of the Brethren Committee supports SITEAW

Board and voluteers in action

Board  and Volunteers

To 

the Global Women of the Church of the Brethren and the Church of the Brethren in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. James Lemons, Mr. & Mrs. Kelley Davis, The Second Presbeyterian Church and all our contributors for sponsoring some of our girls in school. Mike Perry of Lightning Struck Studios for recording our fundraiser  CDs.  And the volunteers who helped to keep our office in Indianapolis running in 2009. Please keep us in mind in 2010. We are still fighting. Thank you so much all of you and be blessed always. 

 The Problem:
Women oppressive and abusive traditions for example: FGM, women beating, domestic violence, verbal abuse and demeaning language, depriving girls of education, sexual abuse and rape, harassment at work, less pay for equal jobs and services, women trafficking, and child support negligence are all violations of human rights and have to stop.

If this is your first time to visit us and
you do not know what FGM is, below
is a pragrapgh  for your information.

FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) or Women Circumcision is practiced openely or secretly in 28 countries around the world including: Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria,  Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, and other countries in the middle East and Europe. Even though some governments have bent to the United Nation's pressure and now have a law in place prohibiting FGM practice, it is a tradition very resistant to change. It can only be fought from within the tribes. It will take many years to completely eradicate it from the face of the earth.

So, we continue with our mission of  empowering girls and women struggling to undo oppressive traditions in their communities, one of which is FGM. They are the only ones who can change what is regarded as unchangeable.  

2010-2013

From 2010-2013, we have three main goals: 1. To sustain girls in school. 2. To buy a piece of land and build a safe and accessible center to all women and girls in East Africa  3. To make a field trip to  Uganda and Kenya in 2012

 Current Affairs
Fundraiser CD
  Quit for Our Sake 
An audio CD educating children 
about smoking and the dangers of  abusing drugs. Proceeds go
towards sustaining disadvantaged
children in school. Price is $12.00 shipping included. Go to the first Fundraiser page to order. 
 If you would like a book
of rylics included
add a $1.00

 New

PEACE
Bracelets and Necklaces

A Campaign
for PEACE in our world,
inspired on the day when
80 innocent people were
 killed by bombs in Uganda.
See more colors on the
Fundraiser page.

 Women's Crafts

We continue to look for
buyers for the crafts the
women are making to sustain themselves and their families.
Please contact us if you would like
to help sell or if you would like to support by buying a basket, a mat, a fibre doll, a banana fibre handbag, an embroidered table cloth, small drums for decoration or
classroom use and more.

Inquire at omukaziaw@yahoo.com
or  P.O.BOX 441724 Indianapolis,
IN  46244

We also have more fundraisers you can buy from this web using paypal
or directly through the above contact. Please go to the
Fundraiser pages.

Donations 
We accept taxi deductible donatons. No donation is small
every bit helps.
As we fix our donation paypal donation button here, please
go to the last  Fundraiser
page and use the
provisional button
to donate.

Thank you for your support.

Be blessed and happy always