# SANDWELL AFRICAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166949
- **Other names:** SAWA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 5, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1166949


## Contact

- **Address:** 84 HILTON STREET, WEST BROMWICH
- **Postcode:** B70 9TW
- **Phone:** 07398 134113
- **Email:** info@sawa.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sawa.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PURPOSE OF SANDWELL AFRICAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION [SAWA] IS TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE LIVES OF AFRICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS IN PARTICULAR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, LIVING IN THE AREAS OF SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL/ WEST MIDLANDS, THROUGH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:3.1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHO ARE SEEKING ASYLUM OR WHO ARE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN SANDWELL (HEREINAFTER, THE &quot;BENEFICIARIES&quot;).3.2) THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE WOMEN FROM AFRICA WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR HEALTH, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES.3.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE PERSONS DEFINED IN OBJECT 3.1 AS BENEFICIARIES BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE3.4) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO THOSE PERSONS DEFINED IN OBJECT 3.1 AS BENEFICIARIES BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS THAT TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

**Activities:** 1. Advice &amp; Supporta) General help with claiming benefits2. Community Development? Sewing Club &amp; Tailoring Training ? Job Club? Befriending Coffee Club ? Cookery Club3. Health Advocacy? Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation 4. Refugee and Migrants Forum ? After School Club to Support refugee children who are poorly performing in schools




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Sandwell





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Mamy Makanzu Zozo MMZ** | Chair | Sept. 1, 2014 |
| Marie Menga MM |  | April 16, 2019 |
| Motuke Katanda MK |  | Sept. 11, 2022 |
| SUMU KINKUMA WALUDI SW |  | Sept. 1, 2014 |




