Inspiring Women Magazine November 2023

I recently found a way to combine
two passions, art education and
fundraising for the FAWCO Target
Project Awesome Blossoms. The life and
work of Mrs. Peninah Nthenya
Musyimi, the Founder/Director of
Awesome Blossoms, is incredibly
inspiring, as is the project's philosophies
of "Each one, teach one" and "Be the
change," emphasizing the power – and
responsibility – each girl has to give back
and lead change. I thought of Tharien van
Eck (AWC Antwerp and 2022-2025 Target
Project Selection Chair) selling her
beautiful artworks to support FAWCO
Target Projects. I created a series of art
tours in Berlin to raise funds for
Awesome Blossoms. The first tours
included the Pergamon Museum and
Street Art in Kreuzberg. Upcoming tours
will be Ancient Egypt and Queen
Nefertiti at the Neues Museum and
Women in 15 th -17 th Century European
Paintings at the Gemäldegalerie.
Founder of Awesome Blossoms, Peninah Nthenya Musyimi
Alabaster relief of two Assyrian sky deities watering the sacred tree. From the palace in Nimrud of the Assyrian king
Ashurnasirpal II, 9th century BCE, Pergamon Museum.
One of the Awesome Blossoms projects established an urban farm pilot program.
Fifteen peer educators gained vocational training while 72 women micro-entrepreneurs
used the systems to produce food for low-income households.
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AWC Target Tour:
AWC Berlin
members at the
Pergamon Museum
for the first of a
series, Tours for
Target, where all
proceeds will go to
the FAWCO Target
Project Awesome
Blossoms. (bottom)
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