Blog Archive

Meg North Meg North

What do obesity and malnutrition have in common?

Around the world, clinical treatments to malnutrition are often a “band-aid solution” to larger, systematic problems. The Women’s Bakery aims to dig deeper, to tackle one of the root causes of malnutrition, poverty, by providing education and economic opportunity for women.

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Imbaraga z'imigati

A part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, TWB took part with a local community baking demonstration. Over 120 community members took part with 3 delicious banana breads baked! 

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Julie Greene Julie Greene

Oven Construction Complete!

TWB is on fire! Oven construction has come to an end and our team has a prototype oven for use in women's bakery projects. 

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Heather Newell Heather Newell

Abahuje

Remera Kigali: TWB Training Begins! 

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Woman of the Week - Flavia

Connecting with various potential women's group around Rwanda brings to the limelight incredible, creative, and committed women. Meet Flavia, our newest connection to a potential cooperative group in the Eastern Province of the country. 

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Heather Newell Heather Newell

a champion for bread.

New updates from the field in Kemondo, Tanzania; growth, expansion, and buzz for bread - oh my!

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Julie Greene Julie Greene

Musings

I have never met a rainier place than Bukoba, Tanzania. 

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Julie Greene Julie Greene

And We're Back!

Markey is as strong as an ox, endlessly brave and should never again be given hallucinatory medication, especially when strapped down in an airplane.

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Julie Greene Julie Greene

Buwea Graduation

There’s just something about certificates. We take pictures with them, frame them, decorate them with gold and silver and sometimes sparkles, and herald them as proof of our accomplishments.

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Julie Greene Julie Greene

This is Why

This work is hard. It demands strength and patience and openness from me every single day. It makes me question what I have grown up with, what I believe, and what I assume. 

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Julie Greene Julie Greene

Woman of the Week—Doreen Gahigi

Six weeks ago, Doreen Gahigi chose to leave everything that was familiar to her in order to join TWB in Bukoba, Tanzania as an intern. 

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