Past Projects and Involvement:
Hosting Masaai Dancers
OWI is a mother-daughter led non-profit organization. Despite being solely volunteer based, it has worked as a community partner with non-profits, educators, social organizations, and educational institutions to offer many services in Washington state and beyond.
Here are some of the services that OWi has done:
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Here are some of the services that OWi has done:
Read Below
- Co-hosted intercultural awareness events with Spokane Public Schools (ie. Marshallese Celebration, Arabic Culture Celebration, African Celebration, Community Winter Carnival) Gallery
- Provided service learning opportunities for local college students with refugee families as students and mentors Gallery
- School supply, food, and clothing drives Gallery
- Lifeskills training classes to refugee families Gallery
- International Women's Tea Socials in Spokane, WA
- Fundraising for Maasai performers to help dancers' families in Kenya Gallery
- Trips with volunteers to Maasailand Kenya and the El Shaddai Children's home to provide health education, school supplies, and immunizations Gallery
- Marches and Demonstrations with NAACP (Spokane) to support social justice Gallery
- Free Flu Shot Clinics with the Gonzaga Nursing students to provide flu prevention services to immigrant/refugee families in need and educate families about nutrition Gallery
- Outreach, advocacy, resources, and translator referral services to non-English speaking families enrolled Spokane Public Schools ELD program Gallery
- Scholarship application assistance and tutoring services for 9-!2th grade students from refugee backgrounds. Gallery