{"id":5859,"date":"2014-04-21T05:25:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T10:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=5859"},"modified":"2014-04-01T14:33:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T19:33:32","slug":"women-in-congo-have-new-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2014\/04\/women-in-congo-have-new-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Congo Have New Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CWR partners in Goma, Congo have been working with women and girls to provide them with vocational training. 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These women and girls have learned how to manage micro-credit, how to calculate profitability, and the importance of saving in business. They have also participated in awareness sessions focused on health concerns like malaria and unplanned pregnancies and have learned more about their own basic human rights.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\">While the women have been in classes, their children have been provided for. It is the hope of HOLD and CWR that as these women continue to learn and grow they would pass on their knowledge to the next generation. 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