Women for Women International provides education and training services to women in war-torn and chaotic communities. Reaching out to women who have suffered intense emotional trauma, grief, poverty and violence, Women for Women International provides a year-long program focused on business skills development. With training divided into four modules throughout the year, Women for Women International seeks to help marginalized women grow to a place of personal empowerment, self-sufficiency, leadership and well-being. Here at The Orchid Recovery Center, we admire what Women for Women International has done to strengthen women’s rights throughout the world.

The Inception and Growth of Women to Women International

Founded by husband-and-wife team Zainab Salbi and Amjad Atallah, Women to Women International began by partnering female American sponsors with women who had survived the horrors of war – and the ensuing rape camps – in the Bosnia region. From its meager beginnings, Women to Women International has grown astronomically. Since 1993 alone, the organization has distributed an excess of $33 million in relief efforts and loans to those in need. More than 120,000 women have benefited from Woman to Women International’s efforts – an immense level of growth since the organization’s first year of dedicated work with eight women.

Today, Women for Women International brings aid and educational efforts to women throughout the world, including Colombia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, the Congo, Rwanda, Kosovo, Sudan and Iraq, with the help of more than 20,000 sponsors internationally.

How Women to Women International Makes a Difference

Some of the means that Women for Women International uses to achieve these goals include direct relief efforts, human rights awareness training, and business education and development courses. Women for Women International has also earned a reputation as a champion of women’s rights – particularly in third-world countries. As part of their training, disadvantaged women learn to transcend the social exclusion they may have come to suffer, understanding their rights, boundaries and personal power as women. Many of the women helped by the organization have suffered repeated incidents of injustice and violence, including threats of death, sexual assault, female trafficking, forced migration and physical abuse.

Partner with Orchid Recovery Center

We want to remind you all that our Orchid Recovery Center KIVA page is LIVE and can be seen here.   This is such a wonderful cause and we want everyone to check it out and get involved!   KIVA is a chance to support entrepreneurs throughout the world who need small business loans to grow their efforts and keep afloat.

We hope you’ll visit the page and get involved today!

Watch Orchid Recovery Center Videos

The Orchid Recovery Center has helped women from all walks of life overcome their addiction to drugs and alcohol.   Now, a new video series illustrates the different ways that this residential treatment center for women has provided a new lease on life for these individuals.

See The Orchid Recovery Center videos here.

Based on real stories from actual “graduates”, these short films tell the tales of three different women – each of whom stood to lose a great deal as a result of their addiction.   Listen as each tells their own story of loss and redemption – and how the staff at The Orchid helped them achieve a state of wellness they once never thought possible.

Orchid Recovery Center Helps Small Businesses

The Orchid Recovery Center has always maintained strong ties to the community, and now the addiction treatment facility for women is helping deserving entrepreneurs and small businesses around the world through KIVA – a ground-break non-for-profit organization that matches companies in need of business loans with motivated individuals around the globe.

KIVA was founded in 2005 with the express goal of connecting people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.  Is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.

The great work being performed by KIVA is a perfect fit for the ongoing efforts of The Orchid – an entity that is changing the world one recovering addict at a time.   By taking part in the KIVA initiative, The Orchid is even able to focus on women-owned businesses that funds in order to grow and sustain themselves during tough economic times.

The Orchid Recovery Center on KIVA can be found here. Visit today for more information or to make a loan!