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Meet Hopscotch Women’s Center and find out how they work to empower women

This is a re-release episode of Givey Connect+ with Fiza Surhiyo. Fiza speaks with the Hopscotch Women's Center's chief executive, Benaifer Bhandari. Hopscotch Women's Center is a nonprofit organisation that offers a range of services for women, including assistance with obtaining welfare and other benefits, job and skill training, support groups, and advocacy for refugees. Their mission is to support women in a way that is culturally sensitive, empowering, connected, well, and safe so that they may feel accepted and equal in society. Click here to contribute to the funding of these initiatives.
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How access to water can change lives: Om Prakash Sharma from WaterHarvest

Ruby Illing speaks with Om Prakash, a civil engineer from WaterHarvest. WaterHarvest is a UK based charity that works with rural communities in India to assist them in building structures to collect and store rainwater, providing them with access to clean water year-round. Om discusses his fieldwork with the villagers and the profound effects that access to water may have on the lives of women and girls in these communities.
Alyson Mitchell, who has been given a golden ticket entry into the London October Marathon on behalf of WaterHavest, is aiming to raise £2,000 for the organisation. Click to donate.
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WaterHarvest with Neil Mehta Chair of WH

This is a Givey Connect+ episode re-release as WaterHavest has some news! Fiza Surhiyo speaks with Neil Mehta the chair of WaterHavest, a UK nonprofit organisation working with rural communities in India to support them in building structures that catch and store rainwater, giving them clean drinking water at home all year round. Fiza Surhiyo speaks with Neil Mehta about his role and the ways in which having clean accessible water can change the lives of women and girls in these communities. 
WaterHavest has received a golden ticket entrant in the London October Marathon, Alyson Mitchell is running to raise £2,000 for WaterHarvest Click to donate. 
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My Emotions Activity Book: How one aunt is changing the lives of many children

Laura Brown talks to Ruby Illing about her My Emotions Activity Book, a passion project she began during lockdown. She produced an activity book using her beautiful animal watercolour illustrations in order to encourage her nephew to communicate and express himself. Learn about the development of her project since then and the effects it has had on the lives of many other children. Click to donate. 
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The Buddy Bag Foundation: Helping restore children’s sense of comfort and love in homes of refuge

Sonically visit The Buddy Bag Foundation who supply children that require emergency care with a buddy bag containing essential items to help restore a sense of comfort and love. Click here to donate. 
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