Worldwide Women of Whitewater (WWoW) has now ran 3 successful programs in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 1 Costa Rica program, 5 domestic programs - affordable swiftwater rescue programs scattered across the United States in 2026. And we are getting ready to run our first annual Zambezi River Girls program on the Zambezi River on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia in November. These programs are to help women all over the world build confidence and to help them create equitable pathways on their own home rivers. India is now on track for the students in the program to continue training on how to teach so they can then take the program on themselves to create more sustainable programming worldwide. Each program will follow a similar model, all the while, each program being unique in their own ways. We help women create confidence through rivers, leadership skills, professionalism, and how to help them find and become their own unique selves.
Our mission is to empower women worldwide through whitewater and river-based educational experiences, professional development, and mentorship.
In the spring of 2024, three of the WWoW founding members traveled to Rishikesh, India to train local Indian women as raft guides. The Ganga River in Rishikesh has a thriving whitewater rafting industry in a tourism based economy, but no women were working as raft guides.
The program, called NariNauka (which means “woman boat” in Hindi) was a great success and inspired the trainers to start WWoW in order to support and run programs like NariNauka!
Organization name
Worldwide Women of Whitewater
2024
Tax id (EIN)
33-2217642
Category
Education
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
11120 COUNTY ROAD 194Coloma, CA, US
Rishikesh, UK, IN
Turrialba, Cartago Province, CR
Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, ZW
Salida, CO, US, 81201