The FAWCO Target Program began in partnership with The FAWCO Foundation in 2009, with the goal of focusing on a critical global issue. The Target Program runs in three-year cycles: one year for awareness and education and two years of fundraising for the selected project. FAUSA has been an enthusiastic and generous supporter of the Target Projects both financially and with members nominating the projects.
2025-2028 Focus: Human Rights
Power Her Path: Empowering Trafficking Survivors & Vulnerable Migrants to Thrive, Vietnam
This project supports Pacific Links Foundation in helping survivors of human trafficking in Vietnam rebuild their lives through education, career training, and long-term support.Human trafficking remains a serious threat in Vietnam, particularly for women and girls from rural communities and vulnerable migrant populations.
Many survivors return home after exploitation with limited education, few job opportunities, and little support to rebuild their lives. Without long-term resources, the risk of re-exploitation remains high.
Survivors need more than rescue — they need pathways to independence, dignity, and sustainable livelihoods.
Past Target Programs
2022-2025 Focus: Environment
Awesome Blossoms: Empowering Women and Girls to Ensure a Sustainable Future
Awesome Blossoms is the latest evolution of a community-based organization, Safe Spaces, created by Mrs. Peninah Nthenya Musyimi. This project features organic, water-efficient urban farms with 500 gardens in each farm to support girls’ education and empowerment programs and with 75 women in partnership with three primary schools located in the Mathare slum area of Nairobi.
2019-2022 Focus: Health
S.A.F.E. (Safe Alternatives for FGM Elimination), Hope for Girls & Women.
- Supported women and girls in the Mara region of Tanzania.
- Was a safe-haven for 500 at-risk girls coupled with family counseling services to ensure their safe return home, free from the threat of female genital mutilation (FGM).
- Provided healthcare and psychosocial counseling to 200 women and 300 girl survivors of FGM.
- Created community sensitization through outreach programs and introduction of Alternative Rites of Passage as an alternative to FGM, with a potential reach of 25,000 individuals.
- Created income-generating opportunities for 50 women and 50 girls and access to the National Health Insurance Fund plan.
Hope for Girls and Women’s Founder and Director, Rhobi Samwelly, was selected by France’s President Macron for a prestigious Marianne Human Rights Defenders Award. She traveled to Paris to accept the award in March 2022.
2016-2019 Focus: Education
Hope Beyond Displacement, Jordan
The project, an initiative of the Collateral Repair Project, focuses on education for women and girls living as refugees in Jordan.
