Your support for women like Rosalie means action, creating lasting change and building brighter futures.
This year alone, there are estimated to be 388 million women and girls worldwide living in extreme poverty.
Your generosity can truly make a difference by:
Enriching young minds with literacy and numeracy skills, beneficial in finding future employment
Providing necessities, including access to clean and safe water, and food for nourishment
Funding shelters that provide food, accommodation, counselling, legal assistance, and referrals to other services, including health and education, for women and children survivor of violence
How Rosalie’s life transformed
When Rosalie from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was only 15 years old, she navigated battlefields and did all she could to stay alive.
In recent decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has experienced ongoing political instability, violence and conflict, and the recruitment of child soldiers is all too common. Young girls like Rosalie are forced to join the army, trading their childhoods for guns.
When she left the army years later, Rosalie struggled to adjust to civilian life, with her childhood ripped from her and her education cut short by the war. She missed out on developing valuable skills and knowledge to help her secure employment and provide for her family.
Rosalie outside home with some of her children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Arlette Bashizi/Caritas Australia
Your generosity can empower women like Rosalie to break the cycle of poverty and inspire communities of women affected by conflict.
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