2026 Year-End Appeal
The next chapter
is still being written.
The River of Life
In our Dance+Therapy groups, women map their healing as a River of Life: rocks for the hardest moments, flowers for what carried them through.
Rocks are part of every river, but they are never the whole of it.
THRIVEGulu is starting a new chapter. Our 2027–2031 strategic plan will expand mental health services, livelihoods and protection, and education through our Women’s Library, rooted in partnerships that last.
This season we’re raising $40,000 to begin it strong. Will you help write the first page?
Prefer another way?
Mail a check to THRIVEGulu, PB Box 412, Marlborough, MA 01752, or give on Venmo @THRIVEGulu. More ways to give.
What Your Gift Does
Advocate
When dancing is part of your culture, it makes sense to dance your way to healing. $100 helps a young woman complete our Dance+Therapy program: group sessions with trained counselors and peer facilitators, refreshments, and follow-up visits after the group ends.
Healer
Trauma often comes with poverty, so healing has to address both. As a Healer, your $250 seeds a new women’s savings group at the THRIVEGulu Center, opening access to capital that is otherwise out of reach, so women can invest in themselves and grow their businesses.
Literacy Specialist
Many women here missed school during the war, and it’s never too late to learn. As a Literacy Specialist, your $500 carries 30 women at the Women’s Library from their first lesson to graduation day, with tea to share, a mat to sit on, and support for women with disabilities.
GBV Specialist
Prevention of GBV is the ultimate goal, but as long as violence exists, survivors need support. As a GBV Specialist, your $1,000 gets 19 women & girls to the care they need: a ride & a meal to reach help, a medical exam, and a dignity kit.
It Works
32% → 92%
Among the 282 members of our Project Redwood savings groups, those saving part of their income rose from 32% to 92%.
59% → 89%
Survivors of violence who got the care and support they needed rose from 59% to 89% over our UN Trust Fund project.
100% → 7%
Of 226 Dance+Therapy participants in Palabek, 100% had moderate or severe depression before the program, 7% after.
Why Now
Just across the border, South Sudan is in crisis again. Palabek Refugee Settlement, where THRIVEGulu works, now hosts more than 102,000 refugees and asylum seekers. Grants come and go with funders’ priorities; your gifts keep our counselors, savings groups, and Women’s Library steady in between.
Other Ways to Give
Monthly
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By check
Payable to THRIVEGulu, PO Box 412, Marlborough MA 01752.
Venmo
@THRIVEGulu (one-time gifts only).
Donor-advised fund
Choose DAF in the form, or give through your own connector.