Minnesota African Women Association (MAWA) held a public policy training for 12 African girls, who are the representatives of the African communities that are represented her in the twin cities. Read more
Women have been at the forefront of change and have played a big role in building and sustaining communities as well as organizing for the violence against women in the African society; yet for a long time their stories haven’t been told. Read more
The African Girls Initiative for Leadership and empowerment (AGILE) is a program that was created in 1998 by the Minnesota African Women’s association (MAWA). Their mission is to “Promote the wealth and wellbeing of African refugee and immigrant women and their families.” Read more
Marianne Neba is 18 years old, a native of Cameroon who immigrated to the United States a few years ago and recently graduated from Park Center High school Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. For the last three years, Neba has been a participant of the AGILE/Amakolo African Girls Pathways to Success project offered by the Minnesota African…
The Minnesota African Women’s Association (MAWA) this past summer, engaged women from different parts of Africa across the Twin cities, in a series of training programs and activities that made the summer very enriching. Read more
The Church’s Response to Ebola. Thousands in West Africa have already died from the devastating Ebola virus. The disease has overwhelmed Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, making daily life nearly impossible for millions of people. Read more
LaBelle Nambangi follows her mother’s footsteps and helps other African immigrants adjust to life in Minnesota by Jennifer Thaney 03/02/2011 When LaBelle Nambangi heads into work, she isn’t sitting down at a quiet desk covered with neat stacks of paper. Instead she travels to five metro area high schools where her “desk” is most likely a…
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Nyango Melissa Nambangi, December 28, 2014 MAWA Women and Girls, here is something we are all guilty of in our communities. It is true that we, Africans. place a high value on children. However, that does not excuse how we hound women who do not have children to the point of destroying marriages where the…
Nyango Melissa Nambangi is the Founder and Executive Director of the Minnesota African Women Association (MAWA) August 9, 2014 Letter to African parents in Minnesota – Backgrounder for MAWA’s BART program Dear African parent/guardian: We want to tell you what some issues are for African teens in Minnesota – we have been working with them…