Women Advancement Trust

Annual Report

October 2002 – September 2003

Message from the Chief Executive

Dear,

Partners, Stakeholders and Friends,

This is a very special year for the Women Advancement Trust (WAT). WAT staff has been struggling for the past two years to get funds through basket funding and it is only this year that our dream has come true. This happened in February 2003 when our funding partners, Rooftops Canada and the Norwegian Federation of Co-operatives Housing Association (NBBL) agreed to fund us through the basket funding system. Before making their decision the two partners visited us and we held consultation meetings together to understand each other. Through this process our funding partners got a chance to understand our organization better and finally we entered into agreement contracts, which were signed, between NBBL and WAT and between Rooftops and WAT. We thank them very sincerely for their support.

I would also like to thank other funding agencies that supported us during the year in review though their support was for only one year. These include the government of Denmark, American Embassy and Finnish Embassy. Inter-Team and CUSO assisted us by paying for two members of staff, a co operant supported by CUSO and one Tanzanian who is supported by Inter-Team. We thank them for their support.