We celebrate interdependence this Independence Day in Congo with Marijane, Chanceline, and Martine, who started a sewing co-op after graduating @Action Kivu's Sewing Workshop in 2015.Using the machines they received upon graduation thanks to a generous donation from Robin Wright and Karen Fowler's Pour Les Femmes that year, the three women say that when they work on each order together, they finish faster, allowing them to take more orders per month.
We love to work together, and this is something we learned from the Sewing Workshop program. We are working, we are strong.
Marijane (pictured left) shares what @Action Kivu's Sewing Workshop means for her life:
Since I graduated, I feel completely different. I have a voice. I pay for my child's school fees each month.
This year we need your help to graduate the Class of 2017. And we know, from statistics and from the stories of our alumni, that when you invest in women's education and vocational training, you invest in their children's future, and the health of the community. Take action: Invest in the future of Congo today!