An Abundant Life by Fatima Njoku
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Giving Tuesday Initiative
As Big Ocean Women gears up for Giving Tuesday this December, we’re sharing with you our two-part initiative: For the month of November, we’re focusing on the successes of our global cottages and their incredible projects, all of which have been funded by your many generous donations. Check out success stories HERE. In December we…
Giving Tuesday Success Stories
As promised, we are thrilled to showcase the remarkable work put forth by our global cottages which have deeply impacted their families and communities. Tai and her cottage from South Sudan were concerned about recent instances where intruders walked into homes and raped women and young girls in her community. Her cottage reached out with a…
Cottage Spotlight – Houston Cottage
The Houston Cottage recently had the opportunity to help support Family Promise, a local nonprofit group for homeless families. The cottage was able to assist with publicity and volunteering at a fundraiser. The Family Promise annual fundraiser, normally held in the spring, was canceled this year due to COVID. A new fundraising opportunity presented itself…
Our Inner Compass
As a young girl I became fascinated with the stars. One of my favorite things was to lie out on a blanket and watch the night sky. One year while attending a summer camp, an astronomer explained where the North Star was and that before we had all this great technology, people used the stars to navigate direction. The astronomer…
Cottage Industry: Virtual Cottage Meeting Fosters Knowledge and Wisdom
A virtual cottage meeting in August included members from several cottages. Big Ocean leaders added their thoughts and encouragement. Each attendee came away with a better understanding of the challenges women face and that many of these challenges are magnified by COVID-19. Not only did these women increase their knowledge, they found wisdom to help…
You Are Saving Lives Throughout the World
Our governance committee has a special view of Big Ocean Women and the impact of our organization. We are the ones who watch the donations come in, and we are the ones who see those donations turn into aid for precious women and their families all over the world. May we say that you are…
Looking at the Sky
There is a story my children like to tell, when they are especially annoyed with me, or when there is a new audience, or when they want to remind me of the frailties and foibles of being human and it goes like this: We were going out to dinner one night, a sit-down dinner in…
Cottage Industry: The Ukuy Cottage in Ecuador – Seeds for Changing Lives
The seeds for the new cottage in Ecuador were planted in 2016 when Big Ocean representatives attended Habitat III there. Vilma Sagebin saw Ana Carolina Gualinga Cuji (also called Anita) and her friend enter a Big Ocean Women presentation and offered to translate for them. When she sensed their uneasiness as the hour grew late,…
Meet Big Ocean: Vilma Sagebin, Woman of Faith
Vilma Sagebin had an up-close and personal view of Big Ocean’s beginnings through her daughter and our founder, Carolina Allen. Carolina had returned from attending a funeral in Hawaii where an experience made her conclude she must do something about the current negative trends and their influence on the rising generation. She told Vilma she…