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I wish our children didn’t have to go through mutilation
Melita Koye, from Kenya, gave up on the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) after understanding its harmfulness. Today, she does awareness work against FMG, supported by her church and Fida.
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Village Saving and Loan groups improve quality of life
The Village Saving and Loan Association groups have empowered women economically. The livelihoods and financial wellbeing of households have improved.
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Fida’s support changed the lives of girls with disabilities in the Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it is shameful to have a disabled child and they are often seen as a curse. Children with disabilities are hidden at home and don’t go to school. Fida and its partners endeavor to influence people’s attitudes so that the rights of children with disabilities are realized.
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Entrepreneurship helps escape the cycle of poverty
The online training at Fida and the Northern European Business Academy prepares Burundians for entrepreneurship. It has already given rise to a wide range of new businesses.
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A new path for a former child soldier
Florence Akidi was abducted as a child. After her release, she joined a program aimed at former child soldiers, which enabled her to deal with her traumas. Eventually, she became the female leader of her village community.
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Maisha Poa offers hope to children living in the streets
An estimated 60,000 children live on the streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Poverty, violence at home, parental neglect, family breakups and forced evacuations are some of the reasons why they ended up there.
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Jane escaped female genital mutilation and now she helps women to raise their voice
When Jane Naikumi was nine years old, she fled from her remote home village in Kenya. She was to undergo female genital mutilation. The procedure would make her eligible for marriage.
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The people of Tigray are threatened by extreme hunger in Ethiopia – Fida’s help reaches them
In Tigray, food shortages due to armed conflict and the Corona pandemic have deepened. The UN estimates that more people are suffering from hunger in the Tigray area than anywhere else in the world and the situation is expected to worsen in the coming months.
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New Sunday school program translation brings light to Ethiopian children
The global teaching of Raili Väisänen and Mirjami Ylenius-Kuosmanen began many decades ago in Kenya, and after many stages has now proceeded to neighboring Ethiopia. New language versions of the Sunday School textbooks written by child ministry pioneers are now being completed for use by Pentecostal Churches in Ethiopia.