Born into a family of boys, 19 year old Nsimire Barhalibirhu never got the chance to attend school. As is common in the region, the family chose to spend their money sending the boys to school, knowing that in an unequal society, boys would have more opportunity for jobs after graduating than a girl would.
Nsimire took her education into her own hands, and enrolled in Action Kivu's Sewing Workshop, graduating in March 2019 with a sewing machine, tools, and the skills to start her own business, thanks to funding from Pour les Femmes. Several years ago, she also learned how to make her own fabric in a training course supported by Jewish World Watch. Today she wears a skirt that she made from start to finish!
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