Last March, folks here at KTK helped to support this fundraiser, by reccing, sharing, reposting, learning, or donating. A group of teenage, single mothers in Democratic Republic of the Congo are working to become leaders in their community, participate in the formal economy, promote health care for their families and neighborhoods, and teach other women about their rights.
Women in DR Congo do have rights now. A new constitution was passed in 2006 -- and those laws are slowly but gradually being enforced.
This is the "girl effect" in action. Empowering women is the key to peace, health, and sustainable economic development. These women -- with pop band Maisha Soul -- made this video to spread their movement through DR Congo. The DRC doesn't have a lot of communication infrastructure, but most people do have cell phones -- and they can watch this video.
When this message spreads across Congo and the world, good things will happen.