Our Mission
Dining for Women's mission is to empower women and girls living in extreme poverty by funding programs that foster good health, education, and economic self‐sufficiency and to cultivate educational giving circles that inspire individuals to make a positive difference through the power of collective giving.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a new paradigm for giving – collective giving on an immense scale while maintaining the intimacy of small groups with a focus on education and engaged giving.
In a Snapshot
Dining for Women is a dinner giving circle. We "dine in" together once a month, each bringing a dish to share, and our "dining out" dollars (what we would have spent if we had eaten at a restaurant) are sent to programs empowering women worldwide. We then combine all donations from hundreds of chapters to support one carefully selected international program a month. We fund grass-roots programs in education, healthcare, vocational training, micro-credit loans and economic development. These programs are aimed to improve the living situations for women and their families, by providing the tools they need to make changes. Programs selected meet specific criteria - read more about the criteria here.
Welcome to Dining for Women (video from Marsha)
Dining for Women is changing the lives of women and girls worldwide. Learn more about DFW's innovative model and how you can help change the world one dinner at a time.
International Giving (video from Marsha)
"Why does DFW support international programs exclusively? Couldn't some programs focus on poverty in our own borders?" Marsha Wallace answers this question in this short 5-minute video.
Educational Resources (video from Marsha)
Educating our members is an integral part of our mission. DFW believes that as our members become more globally aware, they become agents of change, capable of altering the face of world poverty.
In this 4-minute video, Founder Marsha Wallace describes the importance of educating the DFW giving circles, and the resources that are provided to chapters as they learn about the organizations they support each month.
Every month DFW provides educational resources for chapter meetings: a Program Fact Sheet (a summary of our featured program) and Food For Thought (an in-depth glimpse into the lives of the women we serve).
Dining for Women directs our collective dinner donations once a month to the programs we fund. Combining our donations allows us to make a more powerful impact in women's lives. We are making a difference.
Women We've Served
Each month we share the lives and stories of a few women who benefit from your generous gifts and personal donations of time. They are a true blessing to their families and their culture.
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Erlinda Guevara is 32 years old, and works in San Salvador’s Central Market. She nursed her mother when she died of cervical cancer, and so she knows of its terrible consequences. When she heard there was a screening and treatment program in the Market Clinic, she came right away.
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Chinta has been involved with Matrichaya since its inception. She and her daughter, Tina , whose husband abandoned her, were trained in vocational skills by Matrichaya and are now economically independent. Tina's child attends the Matrichaya school and is one of the smartest kids in class. This is what she had to say,...
