River of Life – Back to the Source By Women for Women Retreat for Community Leaders

• Date: 27 March – 6 April 2015
• Location: Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage, South Africa, South Africa
• Language:
  English
• Region:
  GEN Africa
• Areas:
  Diversity & Cohesion
• Context:
  Event
• Categories:
  GatheringRetreat

‘I can’t run from my continent —- my life work is in harsh conditions in Congo and South Africa – I have a huge need for spaces of deep connectivity to hold and nurture women’  – Lua

‘We believe in our capacity as women to beautify the world. It comes naturally to us – as women, we are givers and caretakers of life. We touch those we meet, and come together to share, heal our wounds and support each other in our work for the world’. -Kosha

The River of Life Project was born within GEN to weave webs of kindness and trust for women’s empowerment, bringing sweet hope to places of harshness.

The mission is for women to support each other and express our care and leadership through:

• Reaching out to women on all continents
• Exchanging best practice, educating and building capacity
• Strengthening our communities to become places of inspiration
• Celebrating our cultural heritage
• Working for healing and reconciliation
• Growing abundant gardens for food sovereignty
• Working with our natural resources to restore our ecosystems
• Building ethical businesses and fair trade networks

A deep yearning has emerged for a space by woman for women to deepen the sharing and foster healing, restoration and inspiration. To meet this longing the GEN-Africa women leaders have put out a call for a 10-day ‘River of Life Retreat’ at Umphakatsi Ecovillage, on the banks of the Umphakatsi River from 28 March to 7 April 2015. It will empower the women to emerge invigorated and replenished in order to continue and strengthen their work. Women will share important skills and knowledge and will act as multipliers to bring this back to their communities.

To read more about the River of Life event, it’s background and participants, please download this document – PDF

Participation in this event is by invitation only.
Please consider supporting this event with your donation. If you wish to stay connected to the River of Life, send a message to [email protected]

You can donate in two ways:

1. By donating here

2. Make a bank-transfer, clearly labeling your transaction “River of Life”, to the following account

The Co-operative Bank
P.O. Box 49, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M60 1GP, UK
Account holder: Global Ecovillage Network
BIC/SWIFT: CPBKGB22
IBAN: GB75CPBK08929965655539