DRC: “[I have] become a real woman contrary to what I was in the past”

Dear Terry,

Hello! How are you doing?

I wish you a good and long life full of peace, success, and job. May God bless you endlessly for your tenderness and commitment to help me improving my living conditions. Thanks to your financial support, my children are well dressed, well fed, and one of them is attending school. Though the WWI program us over I am sure that the lessons that I have learned will help me strengthen my income generating activities. In fact, as I have become a petty trader, I will apply the business techniques that I learned in the WWI program.

Many thanks to you!

Yours Truly, Chantal

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Dearest friend Katie,

Receive warmest greetings from you friend.

The very recent news over here is that of the earthquake that occurred here. As for my training, from the program, I am learning basic business skills because I though these skills I [learn] will help me better my situation and that of my family.

The training will be over in March, I hope that even after the graduating I will be conducting on petty trade to increase my economic level. The training I have received has helped [me] become a real woman contrary to what I was in the past; before I joined the program.

I would like to end this letter by wishing you long life. May God protect you and give you long life.

Yours, Aimerance

Rwanda: “Without your support, my life would be useless!”

Following are two letters from Eugenie in Rwanda:

My dear Sponsor Sister,

I greet you with much love and I wish you a prosperous New Year. I hope that all goes well with you and that the lord is blessing you today. I never enjoyed Christmas holidays because I was sick in bed, but I am getting better now. I am on HIV/AIDS medication and I have to eat proper meals and have enough rest. I sell small things in the market and the little money I get helps me to buy food for my children…I would be dead by now if I did not have someone like you who cares for me. I hope that we are able to continue with our friendship. Without your support, my life would be useless! May God shower blessing upon you and your dear ones!

Love, Eugenie

To My Sponsor Sandra,

I am glad to get this opportunity and converse with you again. The whole twelve months we spent together I shan’t forget you because I have many remembrance things at home. The main one is that I became civilized. I got ways of living well depending on myself. I have developed mentally, thoughtfully and in planning of everything. I’m able to develop my family and country in general. Briefly I got out [of] poverty and loneliness. I know much tactics to make money. We end this year and I really appreciate. Now I have an account and I’ll keep saving money because I want to develop my family. Greetings from my family…. I end by thanking you and wishing you peace from God.

Thank you!

Sudan: “I love being called your sister”

Dear Jacacanda,

I am actually blessed to have you as a sister. I really enjoy your letter. Thanks for your soothing letter.

Our program here in the Sudan is very educative. We are learning basic skills such [as] entrepreneurship and marketing skills. We really gain from [these] training sessions.

I must also tell you that, I am glad because you have helped me both financially and socially. I love being called your sister.

I will keep you in my prayers and please do know that you letters are important in my life. Have nice time and prosperous year!

With Love, Deborah Yar Sut