On November 13 members of ZCGS sponsored a Saturday Girl’s Night In at the Sacramento
Area Emergency Housing Center. We provided pizza and drinks plus all of the materials
needed for a fun and inter-active evening of collaging. Our suggested theme was “Things
that make you Happy. Most of the women participated
and all of us had a wonderful time.
If you are interested in donating to the SAEHC here
are some of the items needed by the shelter:
sheets, blankets, towels, toothpaste, shampoo/
conditioner (the ones from hotels are perfect), laundry
soap, feminine hygiene products, women’s underwear,
socks and bras (new), paper goods, diapers and children’s puzzles and games.
Monday, December 13 we will be at the St. John’s Women and Children’s Shelter. Since this
is our first visit we opted for preparing and serving dinner to the estimated 120 women and
children. St. John’s Mission: to support homeless women and children to advance to a point of crisis to a position of self-sufficiency.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The numbers around child slavery and exploitation are simply staggering, and there aren't enough people fighting back.
More than 150 million children younger than 14 years-old are child laborers -- one in six children in the world. Those children do hazardous work in mines or on farms, often handling chemicals and pesticides or working near dangerous machinery. Others toil as domestic servants in homes or workshops.
Another 300,000 children under 18 are child soldiersused as combatants, messengers, porters, cooks, or sexual servants in some 30 conflicts worldwide. They are most often forcibly recruited or abducted, or feel so helpless and overwhelmed by poverty they are driven to join the fight.
Girls are particularly vulnerable. Some as young as 13 are trafficked as "mail-order brides." Nearly 90% of domestic workers trafficked in West and Central Africa are girls.
It's an epidemic that isn't getting enough attention from governments worldwide -- andChange.org
Once you add your name, will you forward this email to friends and family? We can fight this, but only if people know how bad the situation really is.
Thank you for taking action,
The Change.org
Thank you for taking action,
The Change.org
P.S. You can learn a lot more about what Change.org members are doing to fight human trafficking of all kinds at http://humantrafficking.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women Initiative Records More than 1 Million Actions
2 December 2010
To: All Members
On 25 November, coinciding with the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, the Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign announced that it had surpassed 1 million actions. Zonta International was featured in the press release as a long-term supporter of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. A link to the campaign's press release is provided below.
The campaign also released a news article, announcing Zonta's funding of the burns violence project in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda, as well as our support for survivors of violence in Haiti. A link to that story is also provided for you below.
Thank you all for your generous support of our ZISVAW and international service projects. For those of you wishing to make a donation to support these life-changing projects during the 2010-2012 Biennium, you may do so online at https://www.zonta.org/
Warm regards,
Dianne Curtis
Zonta International President
Zonta International Foundation President
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