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Project: Women in Action 
The Three Guineas Fund awarded $15,000 in general operating support to this innovative outdoor adventure program for women transitioning from welfare to work. Through partnerships with welfare-to-work training programs, Women in Action (WIA) enhances hard skills (job finding, interviewing, and computer training) with critical life skills (self-confidence and faith in ability), through guided outdoor experiences, including hiking, kayaking and ropes courses. The WIA activities become an integral part of Welfare to Work training programs, providing a learning environment for women to challenge themselves and build self-confidence. Although there are other "outdoor challenge" programs out there, they are quite unavailable to low-income women. By partnering with Welfare to Work programs, WIA contributes to a changing vision of the comprehensive nature of effective work-force transition programs. WIA's growth plan includes expansion to build partnerships with other Welfare to Work training programs. For more information on WIA, visit www.womeninaction.org, call (415) 412-7617, fax (415) 668-6471, or write to the following address:
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