Faipe Kasoki

Faipe is a widow.  She is 95 years old and lives off of the little that the local church can give her.  She has no other source of income.  She is not alone.  In the village of Malendi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo there are thirty widows living in this single small village.  They have no hope of finding jobs nor is there any hope of a better life.

They are not all old.  Many, such as Mbavugha Kahindo who is only 46 and widowed, have children to raise.  Mbavugha has four children to try to care for.  Those that are young still have children to raise and many of those that are elderly are not physically fit to do work even if they could find it.

Mbavugha Kahindo

It seemed like there was no hope for these widows until God sent The Gemach Project to Butembo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last November.  Malendi is a short drive from Butembo and we went there and visited with the widows.  Young or old they had one thing in common, they needed help.

The Gemach Project has teamed up with the local church to help these thirty widows and their children.  The church has donated land to the widows where they are building chicken coops so that they call sell eggs.   Once the coops are completed The Gemach Project has agreed to give these group of widows a large interest free loan that they will all be responsible for.  We have pledged $1,000 so that they can buy chickens, feed, cartons and any other supplies they need so that they can start a group business and change their lives forever.

The widows of Malendi


We ask for your help.  For a donation of only $35 you can change a life.  You can change that life forever.  Not buy them food for a month or send a child to school for a month but change their lives.  They will be able to start a business and generate an income from now on.  They will be able to take care of themselves and not depend on anyone for handouts.  Help them to restore their dignity, to put food on their table and to take care of their children.  Click on the donate tab on our homepage and give.  Give not only to the widows of Malendi but to the widows, orphans and poor that we are helping in six countries.  They don’t need handouts they need a chance.