Our Mission
Dining for Women empowers women living in extreme poverty by funding programs fostering good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency and cultivates educational dinner circles inspiring individuals to make a difference through the power of collective giving.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a new paradigm for giving – collective giving on an immense scale while maintaining the intimacy of small groups with a focus on education and engaged giving.
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Meet our Chapter Leaders
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In a Snapshot
Dining for Women is a dinner giving circle. We "dine in" together once a month, each bringing a dish to share, and our "dining out" dollars (what we would have spent if we had eaten at a restaurant) are sent to programs empowering women worldwide. We then combine all donations from hundreds of chapters to support one carefully selected international program a month. We fund grass-roots programs in education, healthcare, vocational training, micro-credit loans and economic development. These programs are aimed to improve the living situations for women and their families, by providing the tools they need to make changes. Programs selected meet specific criteria - read more about the criteria here.
International Giving (video from Marsha)
"Why does DFW support international programs exclusively? Couldn't some programs focus on poverty in our own borders?" Marsha Wallace answers this question in this short 5 minute video.
Educating our members is an integral part of our mission. DFW believes that when our members become more globally-aware, they become agents of change, capable of altering the face of world poverty.
Educational Resources (video from Marsha)
In this 4 minute video, Founder Marsha Wallace describes the importance of educating the DFW giving circles, and the resources that are provided to chapters as they learn about the organizations they support each month.
Every month DFW provides educational resources for chapter meetings: a Program Fact Sheet (a summary of our featured program) and Food For Thought (an in-depth glimpse into the lives of the women we serve).
Dining for Women directs our collective dinner donations once a month to the programs we fund. Combining our donations allows us to make a more powerful impact in women's lives. We are making a difference.
Women We've Served
Each month we share the lives and stories of a few women who benefit from your generous gifts and personal donations of time. They are a true blessing to their families and their culture.
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I have built a house in Friendship Village where I live with my children.
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Jennifer has soft eyes that contradict her noticeable strength. She is a tall woman and carries herself with a quiet confidence. Her confidence stems from her amazing transformation from a widowed mother of 8, struggling to provide for her children, to a successful business owner who can now provide for her family....
