{"id":529,"date":"2023-10-28T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:47:26","slug":"african-womens-education-fund-awef-fundraiser-last-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"African Women&#8217;s Education Fund (AWEF) fundraiser last evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AWEF is a group started in Croton 20 years ago to support educational opportunities for young women in Africa. Their website is here <a href=\"https:\/\/awef.org\/\">www.awef.org<\/a>&nbsp; and <strong>&#8220;it addresses the educational needs of women attending secondary school and professional schools in Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.&#8221;<\/strong> Current number of young women being supported &#8211; 126. We have been backers of AWEF since it&#8217;s beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 80 people attended. Here is a neat poster that was up, and below are three pictures &#8211; the crowd and one of the speakers. All regular folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a146cc200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12285\" title=\"2023_10_27 7_34 PM Office Lens (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a146cc200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a146cc200b-500wi-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a146d1200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12289\" title=\"20231027_195924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a146d1200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a146d1200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a19afb200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12286\" title=\"20231027_195004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a19afb200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a19afb200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a19b06200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12290\" title=\"Save speaker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a19b06200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a19b06200d-500wi-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWEF is a group started in Croton 20 years ago to support educational opportunities for young women in Africa. 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