The Minga Foundation

We stand with our project partners in México: we demand an end to feminicide!

On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and 65 years after the legacy of the Mirabal sisters, SEIINAC speaks out with respect and remembrance for all the girls, adolescents, and women who have been taken from us.

At Minga Foundation, we’re hearing from partners around the world about the deep cuts to USAID programs. In our recent meetings, we’ve been focused on what this shift means for our work and the communities we support. Despite these challenges, we’re pressing forward. Our goal is to continue showing that while the U.S. government may be stepping back from humanitarian aid, the American people have not stopped caring — and neither have we.

Here's a great article that delves into one example of how USAID cuts have affected communities in Nigeria -- Life After PEPFAR: Without access to PrEP and other services, women-led NGOs are scrambling to rebuild—not just health, but economic and social support too. Local groups are now funding holistic community programs: farming, girls’ education, counseling, all to fill the gap left by PEPFAR’s retreat.

Life after aid cuts Trump’s aid cuts have gutted HIV programs across Nigeria—forcing local women-led groups to rebuild health and dignity from below.

Minga visits our first project partner in Ecuador!

Earlier this year, co-founder & Vice-President Karin Friederic and Treasurer Brian Burke traveled to beautiful coastal Ecuador with their family to visit with godchildren, celebrate International Women's Day, and meet with the Comité Campesino del Páramo (local health committee) to launch the new community ambulance and health outreach project.

For 14+ years, the Comité had been using a retrofitted Toyota Hilux as an ambulance (financed by the International Foundation and Minga in 2007, see final picture). This past year, through incredible community based generosity and collaboration, they raffled it off to purchase a new vehicle that is better equipped for current needs in the region. Soon, we'll be launching a new campaign to support the long term use and sustainability of health outreach in this rural region, whose population has exploded in recent years. Please follow us and stay tuned!

These cuts are already having significant impacts on the lives of women and girls globally but will also lead to further economic and political destabilization. Fight back by contacting your elected officials now and donating to organizations like Minga that work to mitigate the impact of these cuts.

In just over a month, President Trump has unleashed unprecedented devastation on the SRHR globally.

This includes attacks on US foreign aid for family planning, a critical service that saves lives and gives people control over whether and when to build their families.

Since a stop work order was issued on January 25, more than 5 million women and girls have been denied contraceptive care—and that number is growing every day.

The Trump administration’s actions will have dire consequences for the health, rights and dignity of communities around the world.

See our by-the minute counter showing the number of people globally who are being denied access to vital contraceptive care: guttmacher.org

Support Our Work on International Women's Day Help us grow our partnership with SEIINAC to expand women's rights in rural Mexico