Life continues in the midst of the war situation. You can’t stop life continuing. Women are still having babies. New life is continuing to emerge. There is much suffering, but there is also new life, deep joy and appreciation in the dark moments.   It has been a very difficult time for the Banyamulenge with bombings of the civilian population on Saturday and Monday in the early hours of the morning. Then the DRC president’s drones bombed the villages of Mikenke and Rwitsankuk

Our family has come so far from our very simple beginnings – the big family of Hero Women Rising. It has been an amazing journey since...

June 2025 Wow, celebration of the Mama Shujaa impact continues in Congo!   In June I had another birthday. In June, I got a chance to...

Daily activity report for Saturday, 11/28/2020, SAFECO distributed to widows, elder women, elder men, destitute people from KAHWERA and...

1.This Friday 11/27/2020, the Coordinatrice met with Kinyama Carlos on the evaluation of all the activities of SAFECO that are underway...

Daily activity report for Thursday, 11/26/2020 Distribution of DfG kits to 55 adolescent girl students of EDAP-UEMI Distribution of the...

Daily activity report for Wednesday the 25th, Neema, Masoso, and two young women members of the Keep Girls in School project team, and a...

Neema met formerly with Colonel Blaise of FARDC, about SAFECO activities, accompanied by Masoso Antoinette. Neema then had a long meeting...

Neema accompanied by a team made up of 5 SAFECO staff members went from 11:30am to 1:45pm to MONUSCO, in the rural commune of Minembwe,...

We are very excited to announce a new alliance with World Women Work. This organization has generously contributed to Hero Women Rising.

e surpassed our goal yesterday by more than 50% - our goal was $2,000 and we raised $3,406 with our Facebook campaign!

Thanks to you, hundreds of girls in DRC have benefited from our Keep Girls in School program. Girls just like Nyasa.

Neema was interviewed by Her Culture Magazine. View the magazine online here.