Women Worldwide is proud to be working in partnership with Give Back Kick Back - Travel with a purpose    One of the features of our website is to provide you with links to various volunteer travel organizations. Also, we are happy to be working with Give Back Kick Back Travel to design trips of our own. In February 2013 we will be going to Morocco to donate and plant fruit trees for low-income women farmers.    In addition to our Morocco group trip, Give Back Kick Back Travel will customize trips that include a hands-on service project for groups of four or more to Africa. Read about our January 2009 Mali experience. We helped a local school by donating and planting fruit trees and digging a water pipeline and water well for their school garden, then went to the extraordinary "Festival in the Desert" outside of Timbuktu. This trip far exceeded our expectations. It was gratifying and rewarding to see that others, like us, wanted to "give back" to the country they are visiting. Check out a sample itinerary for future trips to Mali and let Give Back Kick Back Travel know if you'd like them to customize a trip for you.     Email us if you'd like to be contacted about future Volunteer Tourism trips like this, or join the mailing list at Give Back Kick Back.

Somalia Famine Relief    More than 12 Million people in the Horn of Africa are in need of immediate food aid, including nearly half of Somalia's population. The U.S. has declared five famine zones in Somalia, including the camps for displaced people in Mogadishu, the capital.    Tens of thousands of children under the age of 5 have died in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise.     Fortunately, there are many ways you can help.

"For All Women" Oprah Winfrey's organization "For All Women" has identified many ways you can change a woman's life for as little as $5 or 5 minutes. The projects are sorted by: Save a mom's life Heal a rape victim End modern day slavery Give the gift of learning Lend a microloan Help without spending a dime Learn how you can give a mid-wife or hygiene kit, provide training, ensure a safe home, give HIV testing, pay for legal services, give a woman a fresh start, and much more. All on one website. Thanks Oprah!