Solidareca Bonvolo

It often seems like you're either despairing of the world, or not paying attention, but just occasionally, paying attention can tell you some things you are ...

This International Women's Day, I would like to reflect on the international standards by which we judge whether humans have what they need. Absolute poverty...

Mama Wimbi is a development project based in The Democratic Republic of Congo, in the heart of Africa. The Mama Wimbi Project was launched last year with a c...

Jerome is usually helping Congolese refugees in Australia to settle in, but he went back to East Africa to visit some refugees still being detained, and kind...

Our project was launched in May 2018 and quickly gathered 40 workers, equipment, a borrowed venue and started producing a product. The first shipment has arr...

Young Merveille offers thanks to the Rotary sponsors and translates for other members of the team. Note the use of an iron which functions by means of hot co...

Rachel from Rotary came to visit the Mama Wimbi project and offer her thanks and congratulations to the Rotary Clubs of Cooma, Hall and Belconnen. Rachel nor...

Your kind gift of A$2000 has helped our local project manager visit schools and pay the fees for nearly all of the 80 primary and secondary students in our p...

This is another consignment of books being delivered to the library SBV built at Rutuboko school. The books were provided by Books for Eastern Congo and will...

The kind people at Cooma Garden Club gave us $100 for another sewing machine today. Thank you! Every little bit helps! #gardenersforpeace, #randomactsofkindn...

Bernadette, Charlotte, Nsimire and others are sewing regularly now. Zizina Mwanga can't sew but is helping with the ironing.

Bernadette and Zizina W have been shopping for sewing machines and fabric and have made a start on the sewing. The first examples came out a bit various in s...