{"id":3611,"date":"2017-06-27T05:46:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2017-06-28T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:04:20","slug":"savings-changing-life-mama-olonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2017\/06\/savings-changing-life-mama-olonu\/","title":{"rendered":"“Savings is changing my life,” Mama Olonu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olonu Ndaba is a testimony to her family and neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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Olonu is a member of the Bolingo (Love) women\u2019s savings group.\u00a0 She is 75 years old and has been a widow for 11 years.\u00a0 As a part of the Bolingo women\u2019s savings group each money Olonu saves money she earns from selling firewood and cassava.\u00a0 She has already saved and purchased 50 sheets of tin roofing for her house.\u00a0 When her savings group opens their savings box on June 25 she will have enough money to buy the other materials to finish her new roof and repair the walls.\u00a0 Through her savings group Olonu is becoming empowered; she is growing in self-esteem and worth as she provides for her family.\u00a0 She says \u201cI am thankful to God for how He is using me to be an example to my neighbors and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mama Olonu before her house<\/p><\/div>\n

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Below she explains that she is only missing wood for the trusses for the side and her house will be completed.<\/p>\n