In Bukavu and Kabare, DR Congo, elderly women with disabilities like 72-year-old Chantal struggle to survive after years of poverty and isolation. This project provides basket weaving training, improved cassava farming, tools, and market access so they can earn a sustainable income, restore dignity, strengthen food security, and build hopeful futures. Your donation turns forgotten lives into lasting change.
"I never imagined growing old would mean choosing between food and medicine," says Chantal, a grandmother from Bukavu living with a physical disability. Like many elderly women in eastern DR Congo, she has no pension, little income, and few opportunities. Disability, age, food insecurity, and poverty leave thousands isolated and vulnerable while their traditional artisan skills slowly disappear.
Your support gives elderly women with disabilities practical basket weaving training, weaving materials, improved cassava seeds, farming support, and business coaching. Chantal will transform locally harvested fibers into beautiful handmade baskets while selling surplus cassava for income. Every donation creates livelihoods, improves food security, restores confidence, and helps elderly women become financially independent.
When elderly women earn reliable incomes, entire families benefit. Children stay in school, households eat healthier meals, and traditional basket weaving skills are preserved for future generations. Increased food production strengthens community resilience while reducing extreme poverty among older women with disabilities across Bukavu and Kabare, creating lasting economic independence and dignity.
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