Thanks to the all the wonderful woman who join us on our Ultimate Girls Getaway adventures, we are able to support our sisters around the world. To date, we have sponsored 9 women and increase that number every year.
Vestine from Rwanda sent us a note recently. We love hearing from our sponsored sisters and how the incredible organization Women for Women International has helped their lives.
One of the most rewarding parts of the Ultimate Girls Getaway is seeing the power of women helping women. By every girlfriend in attendance, we are able to annually sponsor women survivors of war. The sponsorship is through Women for Women International that provides food, shelter, medical needs and education for an entire year.
We look forward to receiving the letters from our sisters letting us know how they are and how the program has helped their lives and in turn, their families and communities. Below is a letter from Hassiba who graduated from the program earlier this year. Due to cultural reasons we were unable to get a photo of her but we were so happy to receive this letter. We wish her all the best and congratulate her on all her accomplishments in the program!
Thank you to all the amazing women who were able to attend the Ultimate Girls Getaway in Montebello! Through this incredible weekend, we were able to sponsor 3 more women survivors of war.
Each sponsorship provides food, shelter and medical aid for women in war torn countries such as the Congo, Nigeria, Afghanistan,
Kosovo, Sudan, Rwanda, Iraq, Columbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina for an entire year.
We believe in the power of women helping women all around the world and this is so wonderfully achieved through each and every UGG event! To learn more about our sponsored sisters and Women for Women International please click here.
The Ultimate Girls Getaway in Montebello kicks off the 2009 year of amazing UGG weekends to come.
With only 2 months away we are all excited about the upcoming getaway and also the inaugural weekend to supporting our sisters for another year!!
In 2008, we sponsored 6 women survivors of war, providing them with food, shelter and medical aid for an entire year. We have received the most heart warming thank you notes from our sisters, like Salima from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Clementine from Rwanda. Every letter we recieve is another reminder of the power of women and are ability to support each other.
This year our goal is to sponsor 6 more woman survivors of war to come to a 2 year total of 12! Please join us in Montebello, Bermuda and Mont-Tremblant and be part of this amazing movement that has been made possible by all the UGG girlfriends that come to the events!
To read more about the Women For Women International and the sisters we support, please click here.
Cheers!
Nadja and Veronica
