Advocacy quilting tells stories, builds friendships between the Global North and South, and produces embroidery for sale.
Lisa's block describes an alarming increase in robberies in Harare following the COVID-19 lockdown.
Strengthening community advocacy and supporting startups for social change
Recent stories from the field
The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their stories, strengthen their organizations, take action, and mobilize new support.
from START-UPS
to CAMPAIGNS
We invest in people and communities that respond to threats with courage and innovation.
Face-masks.
When the pandemic struck in Uganda, Mama Cave made masks for friends. She now runs a successful business.
Soap Power.
Clean Girl soap empowers girls against child marriage in Zimbabwe. In the era of COVID-19 it also protects communities.
Hygiene in schools.
It began with a single accessible toilet in Uganda and now seeks to invigorate primary education throughout Gulu District.
Learn about the start-ups | Visit the campaigns
TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
Working through Peace Fellows, we help partners to strengthen their organizations, build websites, attract funds and identify markets.
Peace Fellow Kristina Rosinsky (University of Maryland) taught IT, photography and blogging to street children from the Kibera settlement in Nairobi in 2008.
Peace Fellow Wilson Charles (Georgetown University) helped the Gulu Disabled Persons Union in Uganda to launch 2 start-ups and rethink the challenge of disability in 2020.
QUILTS
RESOURCES
Bobbi the quilter, from North Carolina, visits western Nepal to help relatives of the disappeared commemorate their loved ones.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
We recruit Peace Fellows to support partners in person and remotely.
Fellow Zoom: 2020 Peace Fellow Beth and Grace from AP meet with Alina, Sarita, Kushma and Prabal in Nepal.
A WELCOME WORKSPACE
Our door is always open to undergraduates who welcome responsibility, relish IT and appreciate multiculturalism.
“I’m a Proud Immigrant:” Ezoza Ismaelova, a 2020 AP assistant/intern at the University of Pittsburgh blogs about her journey to the US from Uzbekistan.
A WORD FROM OUR PARTNERS
“Please allow me to take this opportunity to sincerely thank The Advocacy Project for being this kind and tender to us and the young women and girls we serve in the communities.”