Christmas Appeal - Thank YouMSH - 27 Jan 2022
Before Christmas members raised a staggering £74,000 in less than one week towards our Christmas campaign. The donations received will go to a project in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa where over 4,200 survivors of Gender-Based violence will be empowered to heal from their traumas and spot the signs of this kind of abuse. We are really excited for this to start and to see the changes it will have for communities across these countries.
You may remember in 2020 our Christmas campaign raised funds for one of MU’s projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite poverty, conflict and abuse, women in the DRC are ambitious and looking to improve their livelihoods. By supporting them through literacy and skills training to grow businesses, and building confidence to speak out and take on leadership roles in the community their businesses and livelihoods have improved notably.
We wanted to share with you one example of how MU’s work has had a positive effect on Théophile, a member in Butembo Diocese who had been struggling for many years due to poor living conditions in his community.
“Through my literacy circle I discovered that we were poor just because we did not know that we are surrounded by many resources which can make us rich. This idea of looking at my own local resources made me go back to my house and start a kitchen garden. I now have a plan of what to plant when, using the season calendar. My lifestyle has changed because I am able to harvest my vegetables and sell them at a good price when it is the dry season and get more money for my family.”
We look forward to sharing more good news on members in the DRC as well as across Kenya, Uganda and South Africa in due course. Thank you to all who supported these projects, enabling the progressive change to members lives and transforming communities from within! |
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