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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

Once the sponsored woman gets into the program - and she usually is one of the most socially excluded women in her own community within a conflict or post-conflict area - she is grouped with a group of 20 other women in what's called a "women's circle." Another group is learning how to make tiles or bricks. Every single one.

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What is Your Favorite Social Action of 2008?

Have Fun - Do Good

The short, dark, last days of the year are a great time to reflect on your 2008 Activist Resolutions , and your favorite "social actions" of 2008. The group writes letters to the women they sponsor when they meet each month. What did you do this year that you feel made a real impact?

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