Comfort Dondo

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Comfort Dondo is the Founder and Executive Director of Phumulani Minnesota African Women Against Violence, a culturally specific organization supporting African immigrant and refugee survivors through healing-centered advocacy, trauma-informed care, and community-led prevention. She is also Co-Founder of The Tapestry of Dreams Foundation, an economic justice initiative empowering women to step into their financial power and use money as a tool for liberation.

With over 15 years of experience as a survivor, advocate, and administrator of a survivor-led organization, Comfort understands that financial insecurity is a major reason women remain in abusive situations, often facing heightened risks of sex and labor trafficking. A 2022 Bush Fellow, she integrates ancestral healing with bold systems change work across local and global platforms.

“As a visionary leader I believe that women’s leadership—rooted in intuition, resilience, and generational wisdom—can restore balance to the world and turn scarcity into abundance.”