Educate 150 Children of Rape Victims in DR Congo

I first noticed Gertride, an albino girl selected to be in our scholarship program, in a video produced by AMCAV early in our project (this portion not yet translated). Albinos in eastern DR Congo are greatly stigmatized and marginalized, often unloved by their parents. I could tell how shamed Gertride was because she hid...

When I first noticed Claudine in a photo, there was a problem. Older than most but attending school for the first time thanks to our program, Claudine had been given a blouse that was too tight for her (Photo 1). "Get that girl a new blouse, please!" I pleaded. AMCAV used their own funds to purchase a new one for her and...

Thanks to an in-kind gift of one supporter, three cameras with limited video capability have been gratefully received by each of our three schools. The distances between Bernadette and the 3 schools are significant, with government security checkpoints along the way. Now that schools have their own cameras (giving...

The first year of this program is now complete and the numbers are in! The heads of our 3 schools, including the director of the Primary School of Vijana de Luberizi, shown here with AMCAV director Bernadette Ntumba, have worked hard to compile the following data. Out of 150, the total number of students advancing to the...

I have just posted a video on our project page of girls performing recitations as part of their learning French. The first piece, spoken by 3 girls, is called "Madame Turtle," which states, in part: Tell me, Mrs. TurtleThere where your small head enters, your four small legs, and your tiny tailWhy are you walking so slowly...

The quality may not be pristine, and the subtitling is definitely imperfect, but this video has come a long way before finally landing here on this page. Produced by AMCAV, this first installment features the principal of the Rwenena (Reh-NENN-uh) Primary School speaking about this Global Giving project and its impact on...

Reports from our 3 schools in Kimanga District, DRC, are positive. Here is a photo of Matumaini providing an example of the feminine tense. Go, Matumaini! The donation structure of this project has changed to reflect a new emphasis on paying school fees for each trimester. Our payments are now up to date and we need to...

We are expecting a check soon that will bring us within just under $1K of the funds we need to keep these kids in school. Please consider a generous donation today (pref'ly by end of Jan.); any amount is appreciated. Paraphrased from the kids in the Congo (translation): We would like that people in the Americas to continue...

Good news to report, straight from DR Congo. Bernadette and other AMCAV officials spoke with schoolgirls (the vast majority of Global Giving donors support girls), their mothers, school officials, and teachers: Remember, the older students we're supporting were born of rape and had never, until now, attended school because...

Dear Donors - I hope these photos are as rewarding for you to see as they are for me. Thanks only to your collective donations, a selection of children of raped women are now attending schools in Rwenena, Luberizi, and Kiliba - all in Fizi Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo. The photos here document AMCAV's distribution of...