Our Mission
Dining for Women's mission is to empower women and girls living in extreme poverty by funding programs that foster good health, education, and economic self‐sufficiency and to cultivate educational giving circles that inspire individuals to make a positive 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.
In a Snapshot
Dining for Women is a dinner giving circle. Our chapter members "dine in" together as a chapter 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 our chapters to support carefully selected international programs each 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.
Welcome to Dining for Women
Dining for Women is changing the lives of women and girls worldwide. Learn more about DFW's innovative model and how you can help change the world one dinner at a time through these two videos.
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.
(Click here to find the answer to many other important questions about Dining for Women in our FAQ.)
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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Erlinda Guevara is 32 years old, and works in San Salvador’s Central Market. She nursed her mother when she died of cervical cancer, and so she knows of its terrible consequences. When she heard there was a screening and treatment program in the Market Clinic, she came right away.
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Chinta has been involved with Matrichaya since its inception. She and her daughter, Tina , whose husband abandoned her, were trained in vocational skills by Matrichaya and are now economically independent. Tina's child attends the Matrichaya school and is one of the smartest kids in class. This is what she had to say,...
