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Voices Unite To End Violence

General News, South SudanDecember 14, 2022745Views 0Likes 0Comments

Let Us Unite and Act to End Violence Against Women and Girls This was the rally chant in South Sudan where over 1,000 people gathered to participate in a march on December 9, 2022 to end gender-based violence (GBV). As part of a 16-day UN awareness campaign, three DMI-sponsored South Sudanese Women’s Federations organized the…

Visiting Spring of Hope

General News, Tanzania, VolunteersDecember 14, 2022982Views 0Likes 0Comments

Kibamba, Tanzania July 2022 This was my second visit to Spring of Hope, the campus that welcomes trafficked girls year-round, offering a safe, secure place to heal and learn with trauma treatment, vocational skills training, and plenty of community joy. One can assume that each girl that comes to Spring of Hope has come from…

Spring of Hope Graduation Day

TanzaniaDecember 14, 2022661Views 0Likes 0Comments

Kibamba, Tanzania. On Saturday, December 10, 2022, on the Spring of Hope campus, DMI celebrated the graduation of 84 girls – all survivors of human trafficking. They received their skills training certificates in their chosen course of study: cosmetology, computer repairs, tailoring or culinary skills. The year-long program is more than just vocational skills training.…

Mwantumu’s Story – Tanzania

Impact StoriesDecember 13, 2022627Views 0Likes 0Comments

Once a victim of human trafficking, now a successful entreprenuer When Mwantumu was young, her father left the family. He provided no support or care for them. After completing her secondary education, Mwantumu worked on the family farm to try to help support her family. It was a continuous struggle to make ends meet. In…

Mrs. Lucien’s Story – CAR

Impact StoriesDecember 13, 2022580Views 0Likes 0Comments

From small landholder farmer to preschool teacher Central African Republic Lucien is a 56-year old woman living in Cattine village located on the outskirts of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. A widow, she has eight grown children who have all moved away. Lucien has a small piece of farmland that produced enough crops…

Angelina’s Story – South Sudan

Impact StoriesDecember 13, 2022591Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Peace & Reconciliation Committee paved the way to entrepreneurship Juba, South Sudan Angelina is a 35-year-old woman who lives in a refugee camp in Mangateen, Juba, South Sudan. She is a mother of three young children. Shortly after her arrival at the camp, she joined the Peace and Reconciliation Committee (PRC), a DMI initiative…

Voices Unite To End Violence

Visiting Spring of Hope

Spring of Hope Graduation Day

Mwantumu’s Story – Tanzania

Mrs. Lucien’s Story – CAR

Angelina’s Story – South Sudan

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