As a teenager in a small rural Kentucky town, I had two choices of high schools. The larger county school where my brothers were students was our district school. A smaller city high school near my father’s office offered a more intimate classroom setting that could better meet my learning difficulties. With some logistical maneuvering…
Hope for Women-Inspire, Transform and Sustain.
Oh my, this word has been lacking in my vocabulary lately. Our small and intimate Finding Freedom through Friendship board really needs the fuzzy feelings that are generated from the work we do. Without paychecks to feed our coffers (we are all volunteers) the feedback that we receive from our efforts to assist marginalized women…
This Mother’s discharge from our program felt like divorcing a family member. Finding Freedom through Friendship (FFF) has discharged women from our program in the past; we have a signed contract with each family that outlines our rules and regulations carefully. Before entering into FFF each mother is read the contract in her own dialect…
Finding Freedom through Friendship has a long-standing practice of obtaining deeds to the land we place a donated house on in Guatemala. The deeds are legally titled to the widows who receive the houses we build. Legal paperwork avoids the need for a woman to marry in order to have the ability to house her…