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OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS WP

In 2014-15, ETFO provided overseas scholarships totalling $28,500 to the CTF Trust Fund for 
scholarships for women teachers in Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, South East Asia, South Asia and the 
Caribbean; to the Hope for Rwanda’s Children Fund for scholarships for female students; and to the 
Women’s Wing of Swaziland National Association of Teachers for scholarships for women teachers 
and female students.

STATUS OF WOMEN DONATIONS

ETFO allocates $20,000 for Status of Women Donations. These donations are made to organizations 
whose goals are to improve the status of women and/or girls in Ontario or Canada. Women’s 
organizations that received funding this year include:

y 

Canadian Women’s Foundation – The Girls’ Fund (CWF)

y 

Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)

y 

Plan Canada (Because I Am A Girl Project)

y 

Retired Women Teachers of Ontario (RWTO/OERO)

y 

Willow, Breast & Hereditary Cancer Support

y 

YWCA Canada – Girls’ Programs & Services

WOMEN’S CRISIS CENTRES

In 2014-2015, ETFO made donations totalling $40,000 to 87 women’s crisis centres across Ontario. 

2014-2015 WOMEN AND GIRLS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS WP 

ETFO has entered into bilateral projects with teacher unions and other non-governmental organizations 
in the Caribbean, South America, and sub-Saharan Africa, which promote the involvement of women 
in the union, advance the rights of women, and promote the education of girls. Each of these projects 
has a profound positive impact on the lives of thousands of women and girls in countries where they 
desperately need support.