By Libby Henrickson | Global Conservation Programs Coordinator
Dear Friends,
Thanks to your foundational support of this project, Women for Conservation funded voluntary family planning services for 235 more women in 2025, including our first workshop in Bonla, Liberia reaching 22 women. Providing access to this essential care means that 235 more women are equipped to take control of their reproduction, giving them greater opportunities in their education, career, and finances. Many of the women we work with tell us that these services allow them to complete their education, an opportunity which young women often lose when they become pregnant and have to leave school to care for their children. We also provide women with sustainable livelihood training in the production of artisanal, local, and organic goods that can be sold to supplement a family’s income. All of these factors work together to create stronger and healthier women, which leads to stronger and healthier communities.
Through family planning, we also reduce pressure on the surrounding environment, which is particularly important in delicate and high-biodiversity ecosystems like rural Colombia and Liberia. Family planning has been instrumental in Women for Conservation’s approach to protecting endangered & endemic species, such as our work protecting the critically endangered Blue-billed currasow in El Paujil, Colombia.
Our services this year included:
This year, our objective was to expand to more rural areas without healthcare access; we are happy to announce that we reached four new communities, including our first initiative on the Pacific coast of Colombia and our first education workshop in Liberia.
Our partners in Liberia, the Liberian Youth Biodiversity Network, hosted a family planning education workshop for 22 women as part of their sustainable livelihoods project. LYBN taught participants about the power of family planning to give them autonomy over their livelihoods, and the unique power women have as environmental stewards. They also learned about the importance of the protection of native endangered species, like the pangolin, which lives in Liberia and is highly threatened from habitat loss and poaching.
Another key accomplishment of 2025 is our outreach to the Indigenous communities of the Sierra Nevadas de Santa Marta. The communities we connected with live in remote, isolated villages with little to no access to sexual and reproductive health services; we provided transportation and care to around 50 Indigenous women, breaking barriers and helping these women take control over their reproductive schedule.
Family planning is a key tool to fight poverty, advance women’s health and gender equity, and fight climate change and biodiversity loss. We would like to extend a sincere thank you to the GlobalGiving community and to our wonderful partners for supporting this worthy cause.
To many more accomplishments in 2026!
Warmly,
The Women for Conservation Team
By Libby Henrickson | Global Conservation Programs Manager
By Libby Henrickson | Administrative Assistant
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