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| Maureen Price's Fundraising Page |
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| After reading an article in Runner's World magazine about Run For Congo Women, I had no choice but to join the ranks! I was so moved by the stories of these amazing, brave, resilient, and stoic women that I desperately wanted to help in any way. I decided I would use my return to running not only as a way to better myself but to bring about some small amount of positive change to these women's lives.
It’s not widely known that:
--More than 5.4 million people have died in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1998.
--Half of these deaths are children under the age of five.
--For women in the Congo, brutal gang rape and torture are a daily reality. Rape is used as a weapon of war.
The DR Congo has often been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. Yet there are very real, simple things we can do to save lives now and in the future!
I will be taking part in Run for Congo Women on September 12th in Santa Monica, CA to raise awareness about the
Congo and funds for Women for Women International’s programs in Congo. Women for Women International works in areas of conflict and post-conflict, providing women survivors of war with direct financial assistance, job skills training, rights awareness education, and trauma counselling. In the Congo, more than 31,000 women have participated in the program to date! I believe that Congolese women have the power and, through this program, the resources they need to rebuild their lives, families and communities. And I am running for them! Please join me in supporting these women through a donation for my run! Thank you!! |
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Total Donations Collected:$350.00
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| Goal: $350 |
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| Below are the voices of women who have benefited from Women for Women's Congo Program - hopeful, generous, grateful. Please donate to support their effort, or set up a fundraising page and rally your friends and family behind them as well!
"Just as you always run to change my life, I want to run to change the lives of other women. My running in my disabled state will encourage other people to join." -Generose
"I would love to run in order to raise money to sponsor other women. The situation we are in is bad. You helped change my life." -Furaha
"I would like to run because it will benefit the women who are really needy, so they can get out of hardships and become aware of good things. I thank American women so much for their devotion, and I encourage them to keep supporting us!" -Francine
Funds raised here benefit the entirety of Women for Women International's Congo program. If you would like to sponsor an individual woman, please visit www.womenforwomen.org. |
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