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Impact Story: How Samina overcame depression and found a job she loves

10 July 2018 by diwc-admin Leave a Comment

Impact Story: How Samina overcame depression and found a job she loves

Finding it a struggle to get back into the workplace after having her children, Samina found the answer in DIWC’s employability course and has never looked back. Read her story below. Starting a family and being a stay-at-home mum As a mother of 3 children, Samina did not have many opportunities to come out of […]

Filed Under: Blog, Impact Stories Tagged With: back to work, classes, diwc, dundee international women's centre, employability course, employment, open days

Impact Story: How Joanne re-built her life in Dundee after 14 years in Yemen

2 July 2018 by diwc-admin Leave a Comment

Impact Story: How Joanne re-built her life in Dundee after 14 years in Yemen

Having been uprooted from her home in Yemen, Joanne then found the strength and support at DIWC to continue with her career and is now teaching English to women from the Middle East. Read her story here… Leaving my home and friends behind The event that triggered my journey with DIWC happened at the end […]

Filed Under: Blog, Impact Stories Tagged With: diwc, dundee international women's centre, english classes, Teaching, volunteering, yemen

Impact Story: How Kristiana achieved her ambitions with the support of DIWC

10 May 2018 by diwc-admin Leave a Comment

Impact Story: How Kristiana achieved her ambitions with the support of DIWC

Kristiana shares her story of how, with the support of DIWC, she was able to achieve her goals of improving her English and making a better life for herself and her son.

Filed Under: Blog, Impact Stories Tagged With: Bulgaria, computing qualification, dundee, ECDL, English speaking, flexible childcare, volunteering

Impact Story: How two sisters from Nairobi beat the odds

10 October 2017 by diwc-admin Leave a Comment

Impact Story - How two sisters from Nairobi beat the odds

Read how sisters Shani and Dalila journeyed from Nairobi to Dundee and overcame the challenges of disability and loss with emotional support from DIWC.

Filed Under: Blog, Impact Stories, Transparency Tagged With: carer, disability, diwc, dundee international women's centre, emotional support, impact, penumbra dundee carer centre, sisters, support group

Impact Story: How Balgeis created a better life for her daughters

3 October 2017 by diwc-admin 3 Comments

Impact Story - How Balgeis Created A Better Life For Her Daughters

Read how Balgeis travelled from Libya to Dundee, learned English, became a pillar of the local Arab community and created a better life for her daughters.

Filed Under: Blog, Impact Stories, Transparency Tagged With: arab community, charity, confidence, diwc, dundee, dundee international women's centre, family, immigrant, impact, learn english, libya, scotland

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Dundee International Women’s Centre
Unit 9,
Manhattan Business Park,
Dundonald Street
Dundee, DD3 7PY
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)1382 462058
Email: mail@diwc.co.uk

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