At Women of Valor Foundation we are thirsty for more!

Looking at all these youthful ladies sitting across in the Women of Valor Mentorship trainings I knew that we are doing the right thing at the right time! Women are hungry for information on how to get economically independent. You could see the drive, passion and hope in their eyes that this is it! This is the boost I needed to get to the next level! This is what I needed to get my dream off the shelf and into reality! Women in general are just hungry for a way out. One good solution to their economic dilemma. Here we are thrown into the labor market that for generations has been dominated by the men. Now we have to multi-task. Being a corporate woman, business woman, farmer or whatever income generating avenue you choose as a woman does not make you any less of a house wife and mother. By the time we walk into the industry our table is already full! Now the age old question for today's woman is "How do I succeed economically with this table of mine that is already so full?' Its like being pulled in different directions with an equivalent force! That's why today we need to invest in each other as women. There are women who have walked this path before us and made it. Once equipped with this knowledge of how they did it, we can make this puzzle workable. To quench this thirst in the women of valor's eyes we decided to use tools like Mentorship, Executive coaching, Business trainings and Motivational talks! Special thanks go out to our Sponsors, Gatto Matto who gives us the training grounds for free! Pepsi www.pepsi-cola.co.ug whose drinks are used to financially facilitate the trainings, Lyna Concepts, Ugachick and Jamboree et Rendezvous www.jamboreerendezvous.com who are the events management firm behind the project! Not forgetting our trainers City Yange, www.cityyange.com, CEDA International www.ceda-uganda.org, Deloitte Consultants, www.deloitte.com,  IFE Consultants, www.ifeconsultants.biz, The Insipiration by Dee foundation, www.inspirationbydee.org, and most of all all the international organizations that have facilitated the success of this program like Professional Approach from Tanzania, www.pa.co.tz, Doyle Foundation from Australia and most of all the Irex Fellowship in conjunction with the United states department of Education through the Community solutions program, www.irex.org

Who is Remmie Male?

Remmie Male is the Founder of the Women of Valor foundation which works to help empower women and the youth economically through Mentorship, Executive Coaching and entrepreneurial motivational talks. After acquiring a BA in Economics from Makerere University, Kampala she founded an events management and Public Relations firm in 2004, Jamboree et Rendezvous which has worked on projects that fundraise and focus on empowering the youth economically to bring harmony, prosperity and the general well being of the individuals in her community. Women of Valor, another of her start-ups, was initially one of the events she conceptualized and organized for Jamboree et Rendezvous annually to help the women in East Africa but with its success and magnitude of demand it was officially turned into a foundation in 2011. Ms. Male is also one of the organizers of the Vital Voices Global Women’s mentoring walks both in Uganda and Tanzania. She is currently working on five community projects concurrently that is: The Women of Valor Foundation, Africa Tumefika Charity Fashion Shows and design schools, Beauty for Ashes Christian Women's Outreach Mission, Fistula Advocacy Fundraising Balls and Rising star female Youth Empowerment Program in partnership with Ceda international. Annually, The Women of Valor Foundation scouts for 30 women mentors who have experience and are recognized icons in our society and pairs them each with two younger women (mentees) for the period of one year making it a group of 90 women for each year. Upon return from the Community Solutions Program Fellowship Remmie Male plans to expand  The Women of Valor Foundation - women empowerment project into the rural population, this is owing to the fact that the initial programme was only urban based yet 85% of the women in Uganda are in the rural areas. That will expand the number of women helped annually to 330. She also plans to officially launch the Women of Valor television programme which will act as a media mentoring tool for the region.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jamboree et Rendezvous  (2002 -2012)

Executive Director Kampala/Dar-es-salaam, Uganda/Tanzania

•  Manages, Organizes and Conceptualizes Events for the company as well as for other companies that hire our services..
• Handles the Public Relations for both the company project and projects from clients.
• Fundraises for the projects of the company through sponsorship scouting and functions.
• Supervises the team in order to yield great results.
• Represents the organization at various conferences
• Drafts and writes the research proposals, concept notes, sponsorship proposal and marketing kit material.

·         Networks and liaises with partners both nationally and internationally

·         Writes the company reports

·         Prepares the dissemination of findings and other information of relevance to stakeholder

·         Deals with the innovation of the company and the conceptualization as well as scouting for new ideas for the advancement of the company.

• Connecting local potential to foreign demand around Fashion, Art and Craft from the products of the youth who partner with the projects.
• Etiquette trainings for both the team and other companies that source for our services.
• Monitors and evaluates projects that are being undertaken by Jamboree et Rendezvous.
• Organizes and facilitates conferences, workshops, symposiums, shows and all events both nationally and regionally

Women of Valor Foundation/ Africa Tumefika Fashion Foundation, 

Founder/Executive Director, Kampala, Uganda

• Manages, Organizes and Conceptualizes projects for the Foundations
• Deals with the innovation of the foundations and the conceptualization as well as scouting for new ideas for the advancement of the Foundations.
• Handles the Public Relations for both the Foundations and projects from partner organizations where the team volunteers.
• Fundraises for the projects of the foundations through sponsorship scouting and functions.
• Supervises the team in order to yield great results and represents the Foundations at various conferences
• Drafts and writes the research proposals, concept notes, sponsorship proposal and marketing kit material.

·         Writes the Foundations’ reports,  networks and liaises with partners both nationally and internationally

·         Prepares the dissemination of findings and other information of relevance to stakeholder

• Connects local potential to foreign demand around Fashion, Art and Craft from the products of the youth who partner with the projects.
• Provides Etiquette trainings for both the team and other companies that source for our services.
• Monitors and evaluates projects that are being undertaken by the foundations.
• Organizes and facilitates conferences, workshops, symposiums, shows and all events both nationally and regionally

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, (2002)

Bachelor of Arts In Economics

·         Degree in Economics

Kawempe Moslem Secondary School Kampala Uganda (1999)

U.A.C.E

·         Advanced Level Certificate

Nabisunsa Girls Senior Secondary School Kampala Uganda(1996)

U.C.E.

·         Ordinary Level Certificate

SKILLS

Languages: English (Advanced Proficiency), Luganda  (Fluent), Swahili(Workable), French ( Poor)

Computer: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point), SPSS software program