Dons Net Cafe was invited to attend a women’s conference at the Karpeles Manuscript Library, located on Anapamu Street, February 6th. We listened to two great speakers, Diana Haskins and Jane Weidman. They spoke passionately about helping women all over the world; they started in Afghanistan and are moving to Haiti and other countries. They showed videos of the poverty these people live in, the circumstances they are forced to live in just to survive. Jane and Diana had different ways of helping these harsh circumstances, from teaching them accounting skills, literary skills, agriculture, and there rights. Their compassion for this project has touched me deeply, I saw women in these videos suffering for no fault of there own. Some women imprisoned for not wanting to marry who they were sold to. Children picking up trash from their polluted river to recycle for money, children living under cardboard boxes, an eleven year old caring for a house of five because their parents died. These people are suffering so much, and it cost us so little to make there life better. For just $40 dollars you could feed a child for a year. So I am asking anyone who reads this to think about donating to this cause, it helps defeat poverty. Visit this website to learn more www.AADH.org, or email us.

Marissa Villa

CEO of the Dons Net Cafe