Costa Rican
Women Benefit
From Kalamazoo
Resident's
Efforts
World Connect, a
non-profit
organization
founded five
years ago to
empower the
leaders in
underserved
communities
worldwide, has
awarded a grant
to Chamisa
MacKenzie,
originally from
Kalamazoo, to
support her work
with a women’s
group in Costa
Rica.
She will help
the organization
construct a
greenhouse and
nursery for
fruit,
vegetables,
medicinal and
ornamental
plants in hopes
of improving
nutrition in a
vitamin-deficient
community and
generate income
for the women’s
group, a press
release says.
MacKenzie, who
is serving in
Costa Rica with
the Peace Corps,
is working in
partnership with
a community
leader in her
host country
dedicated to
improving the
health and
well-being of
women and
children in
their village.
World Connect
began its grant
program earlier
this year to
connect mothers
to mothers
worldwide to
address social
problems
affecting women,
children and
communities
through health,
education and
income
generation
projects.
MacKenzie’s
project is among
one of the first
to receive
support through
this new
program.
To learn more,
donate or
volunteer with
World Connect,
visit
www.worldconnect-us.org
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