Women in Bolenge start their own fundraising project to buy a new car
On Sunday, March 20, 2022, the women in the Bolenge church district in the Democratic Republic of the Congo started a three-year fundraising project in a service. The women want to collect money over the next three years to buy a TOYOTA pick-up together, which they can use to transport vegetables and fruit from the surrounding villages to the weekly market. So far, the women have used public taxis or ride on trucks - but this costs them a lot of money and they are not flexible in terms of time. Mama Belinda, chairwoman of the women's work in the Dortmund partner church district of Bolenge, and at the same time chairwoman of the Dortmund partnership group in Bolenge, describes the project as follows: