SI Cambridge Ambassadors Speaking Invitations – August 2011

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Over the last few months Michelle Hogan, Director of Our Secret Bhutan and Pamela Fruin from SI Cambridge, both who are Ambassadors for RENEW have been invited to speak at Joondalup, Fremantle, Helena and Canning Districts Clubs and the Karrakatta Club about RENEW and the education scholarship program for women and girls.

RENEW that stands for Respect, Educate, Nuture and Empower Women and is the only NGO in Bhutan that supports disadvantaged women and girls. RENEW was established in 2004 by Her Majesty Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Its vision is “to empower disadvantaged girls and women in Bhutan and integrate them back into their own communities as independent, socially and economically productive members of the society.”

In 2010, Michelle and her Sydney colleague, Carolyn Hamer-Smith established an educational scholarship program for disadvantaged women and girls operating under the humanitarian programs of the Australian Himalayan Foundation. RENEW administers this program on the ground in Bhutan.

Pamela Fruin in November 2010 visited RENEW and met with the CEO, Chimi Wangmo and Director, Outreach Services Meenashi Rai to understand how the educational scholarship program operates and discovered a high level of synergy with the goals of RENEW and SI.

Donations can be made to RENEW’s educational scholarship program through the Australian Himalayan Foundation, see the website below:
http://www.australianhimalayanfoundation.org.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?art_id=240&nav_cat_id=195&nav_top_id=50

For further information about RENEW, see their website below:
http://www.renewbhutan.org/

For further information contact Pamela Fruin by email pamela.fruin@iinet.net.au or by mobile 0419 938 299.