OVERVIEW ON BLESSED AID 2021-2022 ACHIEVEMENT

Blessed Aid with its local staff members’ commitment, has worked hard to reach the beneficiaries’ needs. Despite challenges, the two years of have reached significant achievement across our organization. We were equipped and guided to effectively collaborate and make an impact in the lives of vulnerable women, girls and children in conflict-affected communities. The two years among others, were marked by strong activities performance, excellent operating results, greater collaboration across our teams, beneficiaries and partners who are committed to saving the communities in which we live and work.

Women attending a training workshop on Village Savings and Loans Association approach. Goma, 2021

As for the program “Protection & Empowerment of vulnerable people”, Blessed Aid ended in February 2022, the project “Socio-economic recovery of women and young people (girls & boys) affected by conflicts in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo” that was funded by Wilde Ganzen and Mondiaal Maastricht from The Netherlands. Lunched in September 2021, this project focused mainly on gender equality and economic resilience through income-generating activities. During the implementation, 120 women and girls as members of Blessed Aid’s Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) program, were selected and received funds to enhance their income-generating activities (IGA). Apart from the tool kits 4 VSLA received, 32 women and girls as members of the 4 VSLA Committee received a 3-day training workshop on the VSLA approach. 

A beneficiary of the project  at Shasha village, Masisi territory. January 2022

One hundred and twenty  (120) women and girls were selected among the 600 members of the Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) which are under control of Blessed Aid in Goma and in Masisi territory. They received funds in terms of rotative credits for their income-generating activities (IGA).

One of the beneficiaries of the project funded by Wilde Ganzen & Mondiaal Maastricht Netherlands. Goma, Feb 2022

In the following French video, women are giving their testimonies on how the appreciate the work Blessed Aid has been doing with them especially on their capacity building on economic resilience.

We wouldn't achieve this significant work without financial resources. This is why we extremely express our warm thanks to our partners Wilde Ganzen Netherlands and Mondiaal Maastricht Netherlands for their support. We remain grateful. We also greatly thank Blessed Aid staff members for their dedication as well as all the women with whom we work.