Through the generous and creative ODW community, we have fully funded our partnership project with Heal Africa to raise $25,000 for 250 Congolese women to receive Fresh Starts Kits!
Not only will this dramatically impact 250 women but also their children and families.
What is a Fresh Start Kit?
A Fresh Start Kit costs about $100. It provides small-business training and skills, and provides the equipment they need to go back to the village and begin to support themselves. It may be a sewing machine, or money for small trade capital, or a goat or small livestock. The woman is involved in all aspects of the choices she makes for her future.
Many of these women have been victims of gender violence as a result of the war in that has claimed over 5 million lives since 1998.
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