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Making a Difference -W3 on WLWT5

This is an excerpt from: WLWT5 News – Cincinnati

Foreign-born women from across the country are getting invaluable help from a nonprofit based in West Chester.

Women Walking West is working to help foreign-born adult women afford access to quality education in the United States by paying for tuition and providing mentorship.

The idea of the American dream is close to Manirambona Ernestine’s heart. She is a current participant in the program.

“We [family] spent over 10 years in refugee camps in Tanzania,” Ernestine said. Education became her key to success in life.

“I went to high school. It was tough because I didn’t speak English. The education that I had in (the) refugee camp was not good. It was just to get by,” Ernestine said.

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CARE – July 2018

A Message from Board Chair, Dr. George Sehi

I take pleasure in presenting you another edition of CARE, the official publication of Women Walking West (W3).
As a non-profit organization we are and should be focused on our mission and the growing demand for the services we provide for foreign-born women who are residing in the United States. While mapping a long term plan for W3 is necessary for fulfilling our mission, it would be detrimental if we ignore our short term plan and how it meets the immediate needs of the population we serve.

I am proud to announce that we have assisted 85 women from 23 different countries since the inception of our organization in June 2015. To sustain and grow our organization, we must continue generating funds to serve even more women. To that end, I am very pleased to inform you of our upcoming Inaugural Gala which will be held on Thursday, November 1, 2018. I am pleased that Mrs. Dena Cranley, City of Cincinnati First Lady, and Mr. Tom Daskalakis, Chief Administrative Officer at West Chester Hospital, will serve as our gala co-chairs. I am also delighted that The Honorable Judge Marilyn Zayas, first Latina elected to an Ohio Court of Appeals, will be the keynote speaker. I sincerely hope you will join us on November 1st to support our important mission and the many individuals we serve. Meeting the needs of foreign-born women, at a time when there are tremendous shortages of resources for pursuing their educational goals, creates a daunting challenge for the Women Walking West Board. Having said that, we must be responsible for the growing number of women who are coming to us desperate for academic, financial and other related educational support.

On behalf of Women Walking West, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to our board of directors, donors, mentors and all volunteer staff who are working so diligently to make a difference in the lives of those whom we serve, one woman at a time.

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CARE – January 2018

From the Board Chair

It is my privilege to offer you the second edition of CARE, the official publication of Women Walking West. It is my intention to keep you informed about our activities and accomplishments and to share my thoughts and plans as we start the New Year.

We had much to be proud of in 2017. As of today, we have served over 70 foreign-born women from 21 different countries. Our Board of Directors are especially pleased to report that in spite of the challenges inherent in the nation, state and local economy, W3 continues to grow its services primarily due to the generous support of our corporate sponsors and individual donors who deeply care about W3. Since the inception of our organization in June 2015, we have been fortunate to receive sponsorships from over 15 industries and 7 colleges and universities. In addition, we now have four endowments in place due to the generosity of individuals who have a passion for educating women.
Among the exciting new initiatives, you will learn more about our first fundraising event we plan to have in the fall of 2018. I am also pleased to report to you that W3 in partnership with Antioch University Midwest completed a successful grant funded by the Middletown Community Foundation (MCF). The focus of the grant was to conduct the needs assessment of foreign born women who live in Middletown and other areas served by MCF. It is the goal of W3 to serve hundreds of foreign-born women in the next 5 years. For that to happen we count on your support and generosity.

On behalf of Women Walking West, I offer my heartfelt and sincere gratitude to our Board of Directors, volunteer staff, donors and mentors for their on-going support and commitment to help grow the organization and to assist foreign born women in achieving their educational dreams, one woman at a time.

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W3 Featured in the Journal News

This is an excerpt from: http://www.journal-news.com/news/local/women-walking-west-helping-foreign-born-women-butler-county/ccnv9JgaYVnqPNg3r9RRHK/

Women Walking West is a group based in Butler County that removes educational, financial and social barriers facing foreign born adult women by creating mentoring opportunities and fiscal help for legal immigrants who are looking to improve their lives in America.

Dr. George Sehi founded the non-profit organization in 2015 to address the issue of legal immigrant women, who are not afforded the same educational or societal opportunities as their male counterparts.

Their goals maybe getting a GED, a graduate degree or baccalaureate degree or any goals they may have,” he told the Journal-News. “If you take a look at the statistics there are 29,000 foreign born women who live in the tri-state area and those women have more than a high school diploma and less than a baccalaureate degree and their income is lower than the natives and the employment rate is higher. So there is really a need to get these women more education and land a good career.

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