OUR TEAM

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WAFA Team

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Our Team A Global Network of Compassionate Leaders WAFD is supported by a dedicated team of coordinators, leaders, and volunteers who share Jacqueline’s vision of empowering women. Our team includes

Spiritual Leaders: Guiding women in prayer and spiritual growth.

Skill Development Trainers: Teaching women practical skills for financial independence.

Advocates: Supporting persecuted women and raising awareness about their struggles.

Volunteers: Ensuring the smooth operation of our programs and initiatives.

Advocacy & Women Empowerment

  • She Rises: Raising funds and connecting with resources to support women facing persecution, including efforts to rescue and rehabilitate young women in Thailand.

Networking & Women Empowerment

  • Arise Conference: Hosting annual Arise Conference in Toronto to highlight relevant issues that women face, and the solutions found through faith and the Bible. Plans are underway to host Arise Conference in Pakistan in November 2025
  • Gather & Grow: WAFD has family summer picnics to encourage outreach, Christmas banquet and door to door carol singing to encourage networking and outreach during Christmas season.
  • Her Hope, Our Gift: WAFD send donations for groceries and small love gifts to help with Christmas celebrations. The children of these single mothers are also sent gifts through the WAFD Sunday Schools.

Skill Development Project

  • The Sewing School Initiative: We aim to provide women belonging to third world countries the skill to find employment opportunities or begin their own business. WAFD opened its first sewing school in Jhelum, Pakistan in 2023 and has opened a second school in Gujranwala, Pakistan in 2024 teaching around 50 students collectively. WAFD also aims to initiate at least one sewing school in Bihar, India in 2025

The Prayer Project

  • 24/7 Online Prayer line: We offer a 24/7 online prayer line through WhatsApp for women to connect for prayers, led by Pastor Jacqueline.
  • Daily Zoom Meetings: Daily Zoom prayer meetings (9 PM–10 PM EST) where women from around the world come together to pray, share, and support one another.
  • House of Prayer Initiative: Our project through which women are trained as WAFD coordinators who then setup home churches called House of Prayer for women and their families. This home church serves as a safe space for these women to commune and learn more about the word of God. Currently there are 5 House of Prayer led by WAFD coordinators across the country and 2 House of Prayers in India. WAFD also has initiated Sunday schools and youth meetings in these Houses of Prayer
  • Renew & Restore: Offering counseling and support for women overcoming trauma and depression.