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Students learning
tailoring skills at
WINTER 2019
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CARING FOR CHILDREN IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE
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ringing a child into this world begs many questions. “How will I provide for my child?” “Who will care for my child while I’m at work?” While many families are fortunate enough to afford daycare or live in places where they are granted maternity/paternity leave, childcare is a far-fetched and unattainable luxury for many. Since 1996, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) has struggled with social unrest and rebellions, resulting in extreme poverty, violence and high illiteracy rates throughout the whole country. These hardships are magnified when it comes to women, as they have less access to education and jobs.
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By Kathy Nguyen
The Salvation Army’s world missions department, in partnership with women’s ministries, helps to support a vocational training centre for single mothers and vulnerable girls in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). This school teaches women valuable vocational skills, such as beauty care, hair braiding and tailoring, to help them build their own careers. In order to come to the school, many of the single mothers had to bring their children with them, which resulted in frequent disruptions in the classroom. And once the need for childcare was identified, a nursery was built in the centre to assist the single mothers in attendance. Continued on page 2