Give just $20 this December to help change a woman’s life in the Congo
Read about us in the Huffington Post
“Charities that stretch your dollar most”
This December, help a woman in the DRC like Evangeline change her life… 
At 16 years old, Evangeline was kidnapped by a group of FDLR militia and kept as a sex slave for over two months in the forest. When she tried to escape, she was shot in the leg and returned to captivity with no medical care.
Her leg became quickly infected. As gangrene set in, she was sure she would die. Then one of the soldiers took pity on her and drove her in the dark of night to a village, leaving her there in hopes that someone would find her before she succumbed to infection. The villagers who found her got her to a hospital where her leg had to be amputated at the hip.
Evangeline arrived at the Care Through Action safe house in Nyamilima a broken spirit. “I was so sad. I didn’t want to live anymore,” she says, “but the women of the house helped me.” She was greeted by a group of women who had survived similar attacks, and supported her during her recovery. While learning to walk on a prothetic leg, Evangeline also learned how to sew, and with a micro-loan, she started her own sewing business.
Evangeline now walks confidently with a smile and helps new women who come to the house. With the emotional, physical and financial support of Care Through Action and her new-found sisters at Nyamilima, Evangeline is rebuilding her life.
This is what we do, these are the stories of hope that keep all of us at Care Through Action going, and we need your help.
This December, please donate just $20 to help support our efforts in bringing hope to the women of the Congo.
The Challenge: Everyone donate just $20 in December 2011 and have a friend to do the same
The Goal:
• Provide equipment and rotating credit funds for small business projects (sewing, bread making, basket-weaving) in 25 safe houses
• Provide small business and leadership training in each of the 31 safe houses to help them become self-sustaining within 3-5 years.
• Sustain the current facilities in eastern Congo
Our target of $10,000 won’t accomplish all of these goals in their entirety, but it will be a significant and meaningful start. If donations are secured from our strong existing following and from new supporters found by you, we have the potential to far exceed this fundraising goal. As always, 100% of the funds raised will go directly to CTA’s partners in the DRC to build and equip safe house and provide microloans.
This holiday season give a gift of hope…
