Want to join a GW Project Circle?
Our project circles generally last between 18 and 24 months with an average time commitment of 4 to 8 hours a month. In the first 3 to 6 months, a project circle may meet about twice a month but this moves on to monthly meetings (meetings are normally 1 hour). On average, PCs are made up of 4 to 5 members.
You can view all the project summaries and presentations below and we then ask that you fill in on “Project Sign-up Form”. To learn more about mentoring a project, please click here.
ACA Moz - MOZAMBIQUE
ACA Moz is an NGO registered in France and Mozambique, with operations based in Mozambique. The organization offers year-round guidance, preparing orphaned girls for life beyond care. A key differentiator is its exclusive focus on orphanages, supported by a comprehensive support system that includes psychological and educational assistance, extracurricular activities, professional training, and scholarships. This initiative ensures that the girls are supported not only during their time in orphanages but also as they transition to independence and secure stable employment.
Requested Support:
- Strategic Planning & Capacity Building
- Fundraising & Financial Management
- Monitoring & Evaluation
Nor Luyce Mentoring Center for Youth - ARMENIA
Requested support
- Fundraising Strategy and strategic partnerships connections with 3 US Foundations
- Organizational capacity building, Governance
- Monitoring & Evaluation (including data collection tools and reporting templates)
- International Public Relations plan (or Communications & Digital Marketing plan)
United for Children Burundi Bw'Uno Munsi - BURUNDI
UCBUM is an organization that works for the well-being and fulfillment of children: the term ‘Burundi bw’uno musi’, which literally means ‘the Burundi of today’, expresses a vision contrary to the popular term ‘Burundi bw’ejo’ or ‘Burundi of tomorrow’, by making the community aware of the primacy and urgency of children’s needs and rights. Their project aims to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) among young women and girls in Buterere, Bujumbura, through awareness, education, and protection initiatives. They implement community-based theater campaigns, leadership training, and the establishment of a GBV reporting and referral system. By engaging local leaders, educators, and social workers, they strive to create a safer environment where young women can advocate for their rights and access support services. Through this initiative, they seek to empower 500 young women and indirectly impact over 1,000 community members.
Requested support:
- Fundraising strategy
- Capacity-building
- Monitoring & Evaluation
CalCEF Innovations (dba New Energy Nexus) - UNITED STATES
New Energy Nexus (NEX) is the world’s leading ecosystem of funds and business accelerators dedicated to empowering a diverse range of clean energy entrepreneurs. At NEX, they prioritize gender equity by ensuring that at least 40% of their entrepreneurs and participants come from women and underrepresented communities.
This project is a business accelerator programme in South East Asia to help women to build businesses in the clean energy sector, and is designed to provide the targeted support women entrepreneurs need to thrive—ensuring they have the knowledge, resources, and connections to build successful businesses that contribute to climate solutions.
Requested support:
- Strategic development expertise
- Fundraising strategy refinement
- Monitoring and evaluation framework enhancement
PeaceWomen Across the Globe PWAG - SWITZERLAND
PeaceWomen Across the Globe (PWAG) is a feminist peacebuilding organisation based in Bern with international operations. PWAG supports women in conflict-affected contexts in their diverse efforts to build lasting peace.
Their work is based on a comprehensive understanding of peace. They define peace processes as all peacebuilding initiatives, formal and informal, that strive for transformative, structural change by tackling the root causes of conflict and violence before, during and after armed conflict.
This project is about “taking PWAG to the next level”. Their organizational development has led to a growing budget for the coming years. Until now, PWAG has benefited from financial stability, thanks to reliable funding from large and loyal donors, foundations, and the FDFA’s core and program funding (until 2023). However, they recognise that relying on a small number of foundations and donors creates a significant cluster risk and cannot sustain the necessary growth.
Requested Support:
- Fundraising Strategy
- Governance
- ToC & M&E
Lion Strength Community Based Organization - KENYA
Lion Strength community-based organization operates in the rural Turkana region of Kenya. It is dedicated to empowering rural communities and fostering sustainable development through its innovative approach of establishing “value villages.” They understand the challenges faced by the communities they serve and strive to address them by promoting social, economic, and environmental progress.
In a pastoralist community, sending young girls to school is the best way that they will be able to shape the future of the region in a positive way, rather than contributing to the demographic challenge, by early marriage and high birth rates. However, sending them to school also creates a promise that their lives will improve, and they can put the knowledge gained to use. Without abandoning the Kenyan school system, this program will give girls the extra edge to be leaders in the digital world of the future. In the words of Shuri, the girl tech hero of Black Panther movie, “Just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.”
Requested Support:
- Diversify their funding base- Corporate partnerships
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communications, M&E, storytelling
- ToC, Logical frame
Polycom Girls - KENYA
Polycom Girls is a women-led, grassroots organization dedicated to empowering adolescent girls and young women in marginalized communities across Kenya. Established as a response to gender-based violence and systemic inequalities, the organization provides safe spaces, mentorship, and advocacy to amplify girls’ voices and foster sustainable change.
Our flagship initiative, Boresha Binti, serves as the foundation of Polycom Girls, driving all our activities and interventions. The project addresses key challenges such as gender-based violence, mental health struggles, and limited access to education and economic opportunities.
Through structured mentorship, advocacy, and community-driven interventions, Boresha Binti creates safe spaces where girls can express themselves, access critical services, and develop leadership skills.
Requested Support
- Theory of Change
- M&E framework
- Governance (board + policies)
- Marketing & Communications
The Azadi Project - INDIA
Azadi provides support to displaced and vulnerable women and their children by offering them vocational and leadership training, mental support and empowering them to become leaders in their own community. Azadi has impacted the lives of more than 8000 migrants, refugees, marginalized women and youth and their programs have benefited displaced women from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Niger, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.
The Khush Azad Kaabil Women’s Center (KAKWC) is a one-of-a-kind space for women and adolescent girls from refugee, migrant, internally displaced, and marginalized low-income communities to receive free mental health and psychosocial support. Managed by displaced women themselves, the center is dedicated to empowering women from migrant and refugee communities, offering a safe, supportive space to gather, rest, share their stories, learn new skills, and support one another. KAKWC strives to foster mental well-being and personal growth through mental health counseling, psychosocial support, education, vocational training, and livelihood skills.
Requested support:
- Strategic and project development guidance
- Guidance for team capacity building
- Sustainable fundraising strategy & structure
- Monitoring & Evaluation tool
- Mental and emotional support
Women Smiles Uganda - UGANDA
Women Smiles Uganda empowers marginalized communities, particularly women, persons with disabilities, and youth, through sustainable farming and entrepreneurship. The project provides hands-on skills in vertical farming, hydroponics, and organic agriculture, enabling beneficiaries to improve food security and income generation. WSU also facilitates market access, financial literacy, and cooperative selling, ensuring long-term economic sustainability. The organization combines training, community-driven initiatives, and strategic partnerships to create lasting impact. By 2035, WSU aims to reach 2 million direct and 6 million indirect beneficiaries, fostering resilience and self-sufficiency.
Requested Support:
- Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
- Fundraising Strategy
- Branding & Communication
- Expertise in Women’s Empowerment
- Capacity Building & Mentorship
Want to mentor a project?
The mentorship program gives the possibility to do 1 to 1 mentoring sessions with a project to help you with some of the challenges they face. Time commitment would be limited to 6 hours over a period of 3 months, after which both parties will reassess the best way forward.
Emerging Leaders Foundation Africa - KENYA
ELFA is a women led organisation that supports women & young women to gain and strengthen their leadership. They empower young leaders, mainly based in Kenya, and have reached out across 10 countries in Africa & more than 26’000 young leaders benefitted so far. They empower young women to become more engaged in civic and political life and provide them the tools and confidence to do so.
iLEAD Fellowship is ELF-Africa’s flagship programme that aims to cultivate the leadership potential of young African leaders through a holistic approach of training, mentorship, coaching, and networking. Over the years, iLEAD Fellowship has successfully empowered, mentored and equipped over 3,000 young leaders with the skills, knowledge, and networks to make a positive impact in their communities and beyond.
Requested support:
- Fundraising strategy
- M&E framework and implementation
- Sustainability strategy and overall strategy that encompasses “love compassion and empathy”
- Internal structure improvements, including a DEI policy
Neeman Global Capital - UNITED STATES
Neeman Global Capital is the first-of-its-kind Global South women-owned and women-led “think and do” tank headquartered in New Jersey, United States. They are uniquely positioned to transform academic and elite philanthropic insights into actionable strategies for practitioners. Their work is deeply rooted in the principles of equity, decolonization, democratization, and localization.
Requested Support:
- Program Design
- Fundraising Development Strategy
WeCare Association - Femmes des Rizières - CAMBODIA
The WeCare Association, supporting Femmes des rizières, is committed to empowering women and fostering sustainable, culturally rooted projects. They aim to create lasting change through collaboration and ethical practices, ensuring opportunities for self-reliance and growth.
Requested Support:
- Help transition Femmes des rizières into a for-profit organization under Cambodian management: this includes guidance on operational restructuring, branding, and market expansion to empower skilled tailors and create a sustainable model for future initiatives.
Mercy Path - IRAQ
Mercy Path is a women-led organization based in Baghdad, Iraq, dedicated to empowering women by fostering social and economic independence through support, advocacy, and capacity-building initiatives. The project aims at fostering social and economic independence to empower women through capacity building workshops, psychological and legal support and advocacy campaigns.
Requested Support:
- Comprehensive and strategic fundraising strategy including, developing diversified funding sources, new donors, designing funding campaigns.
- Need support to build MEAL strategy.
- Governance – build a stronger board (ie include a woman from the community they support and another women’s NGO)
Green Seed- PHILIPPINES
A Geneva–based organization dedicated to empowering women in environmental protection and leadership. Through their initiative, WePhili – Empowering Women Towards Nature Conservation in Northern Quezon Province, Philippines, they aim to support women in becoming leaders in environmental protection, reducing gender inequality in decision–making processes, and fostering sustainable community development. While their project is still in its early stages, having launched just six months ago, they have already laid important groundwork in mobilizing local women, establishing partnerships, and initiating preparatory activities.
Requested Support:
- Fundraising Strategy Development
- Organizational & Strategic Development