Sisters' Stories: Support women like Amira this #IWD

As you may be aware, for this International Women’s Day, we’ve teamed up with brilliant artist Raz Xaidan, known as the @thedarlingbeast, to bring you an exclusive print that will help fund our vital literacy work with women and girls.

The artwork is called ‘Rise’, and celebrates the empowerment of women and girls through reading and writing. Each £20 donation provides you with a high-quality digital download of the print, while funding three months of our literacy classes for a female conflict survivor. Your donations will go towards providing a literacy trainer, plus stationery, curriculum books and refreshments.

If you need any more reason to get involved, let us tell you about Amira, a 27-year-old conflict survivor from Sinjar. She now lives in Rwanga camp for displaced people, and has never had the chance to go to school or learn due to acute poverty and her mother’s longterm illness.

“I always dreamed of being able to attend school and become educated,” says Amira. “So when I found out that the Lotus Flower provides opportunities to help women learn to read and write, I decided to find out more. I was thrilled to see that one of their activities was literacy classes, and in the beginning of 2021, I joined up and still continue today.”

She adds: “I have learned a lot and can now confidently read and write letters and sentences. This really helps me be more aware of what's going on in the world, and I enjoy meeting other women and girls who have also always been illiterate. I hope I will be able to continue these classes, as one day I would also love to learn new languages with the help of the amazing teachers.”

With 100% of all monies raised being generously donated to the Lotus Flower by the Darling Beast, your support will make a real difference to women and gilrs like Amira. So please do support us this #IWD by clicking the link below….